1.
watering; sprinkling water (for plants, streets, etc.)
the act of sprinkling or spraying water, typically for garden plants or to cool down streets in summer
毎朝庭の水撒きをする。
I water the garden every morning.
夏は水撒きで道路を冷やす習慣がある。
In summer, there's a custom of cooling the streets by sprinkling water.
留守中の水撒きを隣人にお願いした。
I asked my neighbor to water (the plants) while I'm away.
COMPOUND:
水 (water) + 撒き (sprinkling)
USES:
- 庭の水撒き - watering the garden
- 道の水撒き - sprinkling water on the street ("uchimizu" custom)
- 花への水撒き - watering flowers
JAPANESE CUSTOM:
打ち水 (uchimizu) is a traditional Japanese practice of sprinkling water on streets and gardens to cool the surroundings in summer. This practice reduces temperature through evaporation.
RELATED HOUSEHOLD CHORES:
- 草取り - weeding
- 芝刈り - lawn mowing
- 掃除 - cleaning