Word Meaning 打水

うちみず uchimizu

打水 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

打ち水 うちみず uchimizu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 64131 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

水を打ったよう

みずをうったよう

(suddenly) quiet

打合せ

うちあわせ

making something match exactly

打破

たは

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

打ちのめす

うちのめす

to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally)

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