Kanji 汲 Words: Meanings and Readings

くみ取る

くみとる

to draw (water)

汲む

くむ

to draw upon

お茶くみ

おちゃくみ

serving tea (esp. at a company)

くみ取り便所

くみとりべんじょ

outhouse (from which night-soil may be collected)

くみ出す

くみだす

to start drawing (water)

くみ上げる

くみあげる

to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.)

意をくむ

いをくむ

to enter into a person's feelings

一河の流れを汲むも他生の縁

いちがのながれをくむもたしょうのえん

the events of today are destined by the past

気持ちをくむ

きもちをくむ

to consider others' feelings

汲々

きゅうきゅう

diligent

汲みこむ

くみこむ

to fill (a container) with (water)

汲みたて

くみたて

freshly drawn (water)

汲み干す

くみほす

to empty out

汲み取り

くみとり

dipping up (night soil)

汲み取り屋

くみとりや

person who gathers night soil

汲み取り式便所

くみとりしきべんじょ

toilet (from which night-soil may be collected)

汲み置き

くみおき

drawn water

汲み入れる

くみいれる

to take into consideration

汲み分ける

くみわける

to show understanding

汲取口

くみとりぐち

hole for pumping out cesspool

汐汲み

しおくみ

drawing seawater to make salt

上汲む

うわぐむ

to draw off the top liquid

水汲み

みずくみ

drawing water

茶汲み

ちゃくみ

serving tea

湯くみ

ゆくみ

employee who pours clean hot water used for rinsing in a bathhouse

肥汲み

こえくみ

carrying night soil

流れを汲む

ながれをくむ

to be descended from

籠で水を汲む

かごでみずをくむ

to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon