泉（いずみ）
JLPT N3 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: spring
Example sentences
- 山の中で冷たい泉を見つけた。 — I found a cold spring deep in the mountains.
- この泉の水はとてもきれいだ。 — The water from this spring is very clear.
Idioms & proverbs containing “泉”
- 渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず (かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず) — better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty
- 悪木盗泉 (あくぼくとうせん) — a virtuous person should not commit an act that offends their moral principles no matter how hard pressed they may be
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