英和和英

読み方 すいげん

名詞

The source, the head （of a river）; the fountain-head; the well-head

用例

• 河の水源を探る
  to trace a river to its source

• 淀川はその水源を琵琶湖に発す
  The river Yodo flows from―rises from―takes its rise in―Lake Biwa.
• この河の水源地はどこか
  Where does this river flow from?―rise from?
• 水道の水源
  the source of water-supply
• 水道の水源は多摩川
  The water-works are fed by the Tamagawa.