水みず不ぶ足そく
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Meanings
Noun
1. water shortage; shortage of water supply
Kanji used
Pitch accent
みずぶそく
Composed of
水みず
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
Noun
不ふ足そく
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; lack; scarcity; deficit; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
Noun
Examples18
We are badly in want of water.
Tokyo will run short of water again this summer.
Our water supply is very short.
There is an acute shortage of water.
A water shortage causes a lot of inconvenience.
Water shortage is caused by the loss of forests.