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Meaning of 打ち水(うちみず) in Japanese

打ち水, 打水
Kana Reading
うちみず
Romaji
uchimizu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    sprinkling water (to keep down dust and to cool pavements, etc.)
    Example sentence
    「とりあえず店の前、掃除しといてくれ」「了解！」「打ち水も頼む」 Clean up in front of the shop first. "OK!" "Sprinkle some water out there too."

Examples of 打ち水, 打水, うちみず in a sentence

Kanji in this word

打 JLPT 3

5 strokes

strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen

On'Yomi: ダ, ダアス

Kun'Yomi: う.つ, う.ち-, ぶ.つ

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水 JLPT 5

4 strokes

water

On'Yomi: スイ

Kun'Yomi: みず, みず-

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