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洪: flood

flood; vast
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Readings

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コウ
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こう, used in 洪水(こうずい) "flood": 大洪水(だいこうずい) "great flood", 洪水神話(こうずいしんわ) "flood myth".

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Key words

洪水こうずいflood
大洪水だいこうずいgreat flood
洪水神話こうずいしんわflood myth

Example sentences

The river overflowed in the heavy rain and the town was flooded.

My grandfather often tells the story of how his house was swept away in a great flood when he was a child.

Like Noah's Ark, flood myths survive in many parts of the world.

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