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Meaning of 藻屑(もくず) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 藻屑

Kana Reading もくず

Romaji mokuzu

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

scraps of seaweed

Example sentence

戦艦ビスマルク号を海のもくずとするには、何発もの魚雷を命中させなければならなかった。 It took many torpedo hits to send the battleship Bismark to Davy Jones's locker.
Parts of speech

Meaning

death at sea (metaphor)

Example sentence

水夫たちは海のもくずと消え去った。 The sailors perished in the sea.

Examples of 藻屑, もくず in a sentence

戦艦ビスマルク号を海のもくずとするには、何発もの魚雷を命中させなければならなかった。

It took many torpedo hits to send the battleship Bismark to Davy Jones's locker.
水夫たちは海のもくずと消え去った。

The sailors perished in the sea.

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Kanji in this word

藻 JLPT 1

19 strokes

seaweed, duckweed

On'Yomi: ソウ

Kun'Yomi: も

屑

10 strokes

rubbish, junk, trash, waste, scraps

On'Yomi: セツ

Kun'Yomi: くず, いさぎよ.い

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