沼 Bog

Meaning

Primary

Bog

Alternative

Swamp

Word Type

noun, suffix

Explanation

The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.

Note that, unlike English, which differentiates between different types of wetlands like marshes, swamps, or bogs, Japanese 沼 refers to any pond-like areas with muddy, murky water.

Reading

ぬま

Explanation

The reading is the one you learned with the kanji, ぬま.

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 沼を〜

  沼を渡る

  to cross the swamp

  沼を見る

  to look at the swamp

  沼をうめ立てる

  to fill in a swamp

• 〜な沼

  小さな沼

  a small swamp

  大きな沼

  a large swamp

• 〜沼

  この沼

  this swamp

• 沼が〜

  沼が広がる

  the swamp spreads

  沼が見える

  can see the swamp

  沼がある

  there is a swamp

• 沼に〜

  沼に住んでいる

  to live in the swamp

  沼に落ちる

  to fall into the bog

  沼に入る

  to enter the bog

• ～や沼

  池や沼

  ponds and swamps

• 沼の〜

  沼の底

  the bottom of the swamp

  沼の水

  swamp water

  沼のほとり

  along the edge of the bog

Context Sentences

沼のほとりにテントを張った。

I pitched a tent along the edge of the bog.

沼に入ってはいけないよ。沼に落ちると大変だからね。

Don't go into the bog. It's dangerous if you fall into it.

沼の底にはたくさんの生き物がいるんだよ。

Many creatures live at the bottom of the bog.

どっちにしろ沼に飛び込まなきゃいけないと思うしね。

I guess I have to jump into the swamp anyway.

Kanji Composition

1. 沼

   ぬま Bog