水（みず、mizu）
- water

The word 水 水 means "water" in English. It refers to the clear, tasteless, odorless liquid that is essential for life. It can also refer to various forms of water, such as ice, steam, or rain.

⚫︎ 水を飲んでください。 Translation: Please drink water. ⚫︎ お風呂の水が熱いです。 Translation: The bath water is hot. ⚫︎ 水で野菜を洗います。 Translation: I wash the vegetables with water.

水 is a very common and versatile word. ⚫︎It can be used in almost any context where water is involved. ⚫︎You can use it to talk about drinking 水, taking a bath, washing things, or describing the weather (e.g., rain, snow - which is 水 in solid form). ⚫︎It's generally safe to use 水 in both formal and informal conversations, but it is better to use お水(polite form of water) in more formal situations.

⚫︎The word is primarily written using the kanji 水. ⚫︎The hiragana reading is みず. ⚫︎The kanji is used almost exclusively in writing. ⚫︎There are no variations in okurigana.

There aren't many direct synonyms, but here are some related words: ⚫︎ お湯 (o-yu) - hot water ⚫︎ 冷たい水 (tsumetai mizu) - cold water ⚫︎ 海水 (kaisui) - seawater ⚫︎ 雨 (ame) - rain (which is 水 in a different form) ⚫︎ 氷 (kōri) - ice (which is 水 in a different form)

There aren't direct antonyms, but you could consider things that have nothing to do with 水.

毎朝、コップ一杯の水を飲みます。 ・Translation: I drink a glass of water every morning. ・Explanation: This sentence describes a daily habit of drinking water.

この川の水はとてもきれいです。 ・Translation: The water in this river is very clean. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 水 to describe the quality of water in a river.

The kanji 水 represents "water" and has been used for centuries. Its origins are in pictographs representing streams or drops of 水.