Word Meaning 籠で水を汲む

かごでみずをくむ kago de mizu o kumu

籠で水を汲む is read as かごでみずをくむ (kago de mizu o kumu) and means to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon.

Meaning

English

to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon
to scoop water with a basket

Reading

Kana

かごでみずをくむ

Romaji

kago de mizu o kumu

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 145833 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

水切り籠

みずきりかご

dish drainer

水汲み

みずくみ

drawing water

籠

かご

basket (shopping, etc.)

籠もる

こもる

to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)

籠目

かごめ

woven-bamboo pattern

籠目籠目

かごめかごめ

"bird-in-the-cage" children's game

籠城作戦

ろうじょうさくせん

strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)

籠絡手段

ろうらくしゅだん

means of cajolement (trickery)

籠球

ろうきゅう

basketball

籠脱け

かごぬけ

slipping out the back way with swindled goods

籠目昆布

かごめこんぶ

kagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)

汲む

くむ

to draw upon