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澄む

すむ

to become clear

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Examples

  1. 澄んだ空気を吸う。

    すんだくうきをすう。

    I breathe the clear air.

  2. 山の湖はどこまでも澄んでいた。

    やまのみずうみはどこまでもすんでいた。

    The mountain lake was clear right to the bottom.

  3. 澄んだ声で歌い始めた。

    すんだこえでうたいはじめた。

    She began to sing in a clear voice.

Common patterns

澄んだ水
clear water
澄んだ声
a clear voice
澄み渡る
to be perfectly clear throughout

Memory tip

You will nearly always meet it as 澄んだ or 澄んでいる, describing water, air, eyes or a voice with no cloudiness. Its exact opposite is 濁る, and the same pair names 清音 and 濁音 in phonetics.

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