排水

はいすい

drainage

Also:displacement

What does 排水 mean?

排水 is a Japanese noun meaning drainage in English. It can also be translated as displacement depending on context. It is written as 排水 in kanji, はいすい in hiragana, and haisui in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

学校はプールの水を月一回排水する。

The school drains the pool once a month.