Meaning

Primary

Swamp

Alternative

Marsh

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A bog swamp is a swamp or marsh.

Reading

しょうたく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Oddly, this is the one word that uses the on'yomi reading, which you didn't learn with the kanji. To remember this particular swamp, note how there are two kanji in here that make this area particularly swampy. Because it's the swampiest, boggiest place in all of Japan, of course the Shogun (しょう) wants it for himself. Even though it's useless land, he wants the best of everything, being the Shogun and all.

Context

Context Sentences

この黄色い花を咲かせる植物は、沼沢地に生息します。

This plant with yellow flowers lives in swamps.

Kanji Composition