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.
USAGE:
A common household item. The expression バケツをひっくり返したような雨 is a set phrase meaning an extremely heavy downpour.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- バケツに水を汲む (draw water into a bucket)
- バケツで運ぶ (carry with a bucket)
- バケツリレー (bucket relay — passing buckets of water in a chain)
ETYMOLOGY:
From English "bucket," borrowed during the Meiji era.