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JLPT N1 · Noun

溝 (mizo)

溝 (みぞ, mizo) is a Japanese noun meaning “ditch; drain”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
みぞ
Romaji
mizo
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. ditch; drain; gutter; trench · noun
  2. groove; tread; indentation · noun
  3. gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf; rift · noun

Example sentences

彼はその浅い溝を飛び越えた。
He leaped over the shallow ditch.
Tatoeba #112577
両者の溝が狭まった。
The gap between them has narrowed.
Tatoeba #78086

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 溝

溝
gutter, ditch, sewerコウ・みぞ · 13 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1578720 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.