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KANJI
渦
whirlpool
eddy, vortex
Kun'yomi
うずuzu
On'yomi
かka
Example sentences
船ふねが激はげしい渦うずに巻まき込こまれ、航こう行こうが困こんなんになった。
The boat was caught in a strong whirlpool, making navigation difficult.
彼かれの心こころは不ふ安あんと期きたいの渦うずに包つつまれていた。
His heart was enveloped in a vortex of anxiety and expectation.
現げん代だい社しゃ会かいは情じょう報ほう過か多たの渦か中ちゅうにあり、真しん偽ぎを見み極きわめるのが難むずかしい。
Modern society is in the midst of an information overload, making it difficult to discern truth from falsehood.

Practice exercises

1
渦
Answer
うずか
2
渦潮しお
whirlpool; eddy (tide)
Answer
うずしお
3
渦巻まく
to swirl; to eddy; to be caught in a whirlpool
Answer
うずまく
4
渦
Answer
whirlpooleddyvortex
5
渦中ちゅう
in the midst of; in the vortex of (e.g., trouble)
Answer
かちゅう
6
渦動どう
vortex; eddy; turbulence
Answer
かどう