A submerged town with 水没
Kanji Explanation: Sinking and disappearing with 没
While out buying cat food during acqua alta, when tides have risen onto the streets, Akari is caught in a heavy downpour. She finds herself near Himeya Company, where her friend Aika lives, and she’s invited in to stay the night. As the two watch the falling rain through a window, Akari types an e-mail about her adventure that day.
- 灯里:
- 「水没した街を歩いたり滝のような雨に遭ったり」
- “Walking through a flooded town or getting caught in a downpour...”
- Literal: “Walking through a town that had become submerged, getting caught in rain like a waterfall, and so on...”
- “Walking through a flooded town or getting caught in a downpour...”
She finishes by writing that it was a wonderful adventure and an enjoyable day.
Key Points
1水没した街 = “a town that was submerged / flooded”
- 水没 means being submerged under water, not just getting a little wet
- In this scene, 水没した街 means a town whose streets have gone under water from the rising tide
2〜たり〜たり = listing notable experiences
- 歩いたり and 遭ったり are たり-form verbs used to list representative actions or events
- Basic pattern: Aたり Bたりする “do things like A and B”
- Here the sentence trails off after 〜たり, which gives it a reflective “things like…” feeling as she recounts her day
3滝のような雨に遭う = “to get caught in rain like a waterfall”
- 滝のような雨 is a vivid comparison for extremely heavy rain
- 遭う is often used for unpleasant or unexpected experiences, so 雨に遭う is “get caught in the rain” rather than simply “meet rain”
4How the sentence is built
- 水没した modifies 街: “the town that was flooded”
- 滝のような modifies 雨: “rain like a waterfall”
Vocabulary
水没 (Submersion)
水没 refers to the state in which objects or land that were above ground sink into the water and become invisible, or become submerged in water.
See Also
- External: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Grammar: Marking the direct object with を
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