バケツ
ばけつ
noun
bucket, pail
1.
bucket, pail
A cylindrical container with a handle, used for carrying water, cleaning, or other purposes.
バケツに水を入れる。
Fill a bucket with water.
雨漏りの下にバケツを置いた。
I placed a bucket under the leak.
バケツをひっくり返したような大雨が降ってきた。
It started pouring rain, as if a bucket had been turned upside down.
バケツ is the standard word for a bucket or pail. A common household and cleaning item.
ETYMOLOGY:
From English "bucket," borrowed during the Meiji era.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- バケツに水を汲む: to draw water into a bucket
- バケツで運ぶ: to carry with a bucket
- バケツリレー: bucket relay (passing buckets of water in a chain, used in firefighting drills)
- バケツ一杯の水: a bucketful of water
SET EXPRESSION:
バケツをひっくり返したような雨 — an extremely heavy downpour (literally, "rain as if a bucket were turned upside down"). This is a very common and vivid expression.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 桶: tub, wooden bucket (traditional)
- たらい: washbasin, washtub