Keyword
lake
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig159
Readings
(42%)
Composed of
water drops
ancient barbarian
Mnemonic

A pictograph of an ancient barbarian next to water from a lake. Why is he here? Well, obviously, he's washing himself. They didn't really have proper bathrooms in the ancient times, so they had to make do with what they had. Which were the lakes.

Used in vocabulary (75 in total)
lake (in place names)
lake shore
lake surface
underground lake; subterranean lake
on the lake
bottom of a lake
lakeshore; lakeside
lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters
Hubei Province (China)
north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa
reservoir; lake formed by a dam
salt lake; saline lake
the public; the world; rivers and lakes; (arch.) secluded place; (arch.) hermit's residence
center of a lake (centre); middle of a lake
the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji
oxbow lake; billabong
Lake Biwa
underground lake; subterranean lake
Hunan Province (China)
freshwater lake
artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir
artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir
barrier lagoon; coral-reef lagoon
caldera lake
brackish lake
Chaohu City
endorheic basin
crater lake; volcanic lake
lake wind; lake breeze
G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit; Hokkaido Toyako G8 summit
salt lake; lagoon
lake inlet
lake formed in volcanic caldera
saltwater or saline lake
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi
marshes and lakes
era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi
artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir
freshwater lake
Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
Zen disciples
crescentic lake; oxbow lake; billabong
lake with low nutrient level; oligotrophic lake; unproductive lake
nutrient-rich (or eutrophic) lake
Law Concerning Special Measures for Conservation of Lake Water Quality (1984)
lake type (i.e. eutrophic, dystrophic, oligotrophic)
endorheic lake; closed lake
exorheic lake; open lake
Examples (165 in total)
There are beautiful lakes here and there.
That lake looks like an ocean.
Is swimming allowed in this lake?