Word Meaning 打ち水

うちみず uchimizu

打ち水 is read as うちみず (uchimizu) and means sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.).

Meaning

English

sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)

Reading

Kana

うちみず

Romaji

uchimizu

Writing Variants

打水うちみず uchimizu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 65891 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

水を打ったよう

みずをうったよう

(suddenly) quiet

打破

だは

breaking down

打ち消す

うちけす

to deny

打ち消し

うちけし

negation

打つ

うつ

to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)

打ち合わせ

うちあわせ

making something match exactly

打ち込む

うちこむ

to pour (concrete, etc.) into a form

打ち上げる

うちあげる

to report (to boss, etc.)

打ち明ける

うちあける

to confide

打ち上げ

うちあげ

party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.)

打開

だかい

break in the deadlock

打点

だてん

position of a ball when struck (e.g. in tennis, volleyball)

Example Sentences

「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."