🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

排水する

Pronunciation / Transliteration: haisui suru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Drain/dreɪn/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"雨水を排水する必要があります。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To remove liquid from a place.

    "After the heavy rain, we need to drain the water from the basement."
As noun
  1. 1

    A pipe or channel through which liquid is drained.

    "The house has a drainage system to prevent flooding."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'drain' originates from the Old French 'drainer', which means to draw off water. It evolved from the Latin 'drainare', meaning to draw off, and has been used in English since the late Middle Ages to refer to the removal of liquid from a surface or area.

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