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渠: ditch

ditch; canal; dock
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Readings

On
キョ
Kun
かれ・なんぞ・なに・みぞ・いずくんぞ

Modern words use the on-reading キョ for a man-made channel: 暗渠 (covered drain), 船渠 (dock). The kun readings are archaic.

Key words

暗渠あんきょcovered drain; culvert
船渠せんきょdock
入渠にゅうきょdocking a ship
明渠めいきょopen channel
溝渠こうきょditch; canal

Example sentences

Beneath this road an old river flows as a covered drain.

For repairs, the large ship went into dry dock at the shipyard.

When water is let into the dock, the ship slowly floats up.

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