池（いけ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: pond
Example sentences
- 公園の池にきれいな魚がいる。 — There are beautiful fish in the park pond.
- 静かな池のそばで写真を撮った。 — I took a photo by the quiet pond.
Idioms & proverbs containing “池”
- 酒池肉林 (しゅちにくりん) — sumptuous feast; debauch
- 金城湯池 (きんじょうとうち) — an impregnable fortress; an unassailable territory
- 池魚の殃 (ちぎょのわざわい) — collateral damage; getting embroiled in someone else's dispute; having a fire spread to one's own house
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