みず

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of みず – see the following entries.

【水】1 [noun] water (sometimes cold and/or fresh) [noun] drinking water [noun] a fluid, liquid [noun] a flood [noun] (sumo) Short for 水入り (mizuiri): halting [noun] (sumo) Short for 力水 (chikara mizu): water offered to sumo wrestlers before a bout [prefix] water [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname

【針孔】 [noun] eye of a needle Alternative spelling 針眼

(This term, みず (mizu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as みず, see Category:Japanese kanji read as みず.)

Etymology 2

Noun

みず • (mizu) 

1. ミズ: Ms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みず [míꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨ]

Verb

みず • (mizu) 

1. 見ず: without seeing, negative continuous form of 見る