sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)

to suck/absorb a liquid / to take in/gobble/consume food or drink / (business) to take over/absorb a company

suction; absorption; assimilation / merger

ability; capability; capacity; faculty

water (sometimes cold and/or fresh) / drinking water / a fluid, liquid / a flood / (sumo) Short for 水入り (mizuiri): halting

capacity, competence

supernatural power, a psychic ability, such as ESP or psychokinesis / superpower

(honorific) water / (informal) Synonym of 水商売 (mizu-shōbai)

watery / aqueous / liquid / fluid / water / moist

(obsolete) drinking water