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断水

だんすい

water outage

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Examples

  1. 工事で断水になった。

    こうじでだんすいになった。

    The water was cut off due to construction.

  2. 明日の午後は断水です。

    あしたのごごはだんすいです。

    The water will be off tomorrow afternoon.

  3. 断水の前に、水をためておきましょう。

    だんすいのまえに、みずをためておきましょう。

    Let's store some water before the supply is cut off.

  4. 地震のあと、三日間も断水が続いた。

    じしんのあと、みっかかんもだんすいがつづいた。

    After the earthquake the water was out for three whole days.

Common patterns

断水になる
for the water to be cut off
断水が続く
for the outage to continue
断水のお知らせ
notice of a water outage

Memory tip

断 "cut off" + 水 "water". Pair it with 停電 (power outage) and 断水 is easy to remember: both are the notices taped up in an apartment lobby before building work.

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