かんすい

冠水

being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated; flooding

N3Noun
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
being covered with water (i.e. in a flood)being submergedbeing inundatedflooding

Example Sentences

洪水で何百という畑が冠水した。

Hundreds of fields were submerged in the flood.

多くの道路が冠水し、その結果大幅な遅れが出ている。

Many roads are flooded. As a result there are long delays.

学校へ行く(みち)が冠水してしまって、回り(みち)をしていかなければならなかった。

The street to school was flooded so we had to go around.