Vocab Info
A2 Noun
堰dam, weir, barrier, sluice
Dictionary Definition
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Noun
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dam, weir, barrier, sluice
All Forms
堰 【せき】、堰 【いせき】、堰 【い】、井堰 【いせき】
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堰が川の流水を堰き止めています。
The dam is blocking the flow of the river.
水量や流量を調節するために堰を設ける。
A weir is being set up to regulate the volume and flow of water.
川の途中や流出口には、よく堰が設けられています。
Dams are often installed in the middle of the river and at the outflow.
堰がなかったせいでその川の増水を止められなかったのです。
Because there was no dam, we couldn't stop the river from flooding.
もしも堰がなかったら、流量を調節できずに川が氾濫していただろう。
If there was no dam, we would not have been able to regulate the flow, and the river would have flooded.
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