- sensui garden pond, miniature lake; fountain
Literary or formal term for a spring-fed pond in gardens or poetic descriptions; rarely used in everyday conversation.
庭の泉水に鯉が泳いでいる。
Niwa no sensui ni koi ga oyoide iru.
Carp are swimming in the garden pond.
泉水のそばで本を読むのが好きだ。
Sensui no soba de hon o yomu no ga suki da.
I like reading books beside the spring pond.
⚖️ Often confused with 噴水 (funsui), which specifically means a fountain with sprayed water, while 泉水 is a still pond or spring.
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