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水入らず

水いらず

Reading

Kana: みずいらず
Romaji: mizuirazu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
adj-no
1

(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present

See also: 水入らずで

Kanji

水
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
入
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert

Example Sentences

夫婦(ふうふ)水入(みずい)らずが気楽(きらく)でいい。
➥It's so nice to be by ourselves.
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たまには夫婦(ふうふ)水入(みずい)らずで温泉(おんせん)に行(い)ってのんびりするのもいいもんだ。
➥Sometimes it's good for a married couple to go to a hot spring together—just the two of them.
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