bucket for liquids; sake bucket; soy sauce bucket
A traditional wooden bucket used for carrying or storing liquids such as sake, soy sauce, or water. Often associated with old-fashioned or rural settings.
manure bucket; fertilizer bucket
Specifically a bucket used for carrying manure or night soil as fertilizer, a common practice in pre-modern agriculture.
rainwater bucket; firefighting bucket
A bucket kept filled with rainwater for use in extinguishing fires, especially in traditional fire prevention setups.
In old liquor stores, they used to sell sake by measure using a wooden bucket.
Farmers used to carry manure in a bucket to the fields.
In Edo-period townhouses, they kept rainwater in a bucket in case of fire.
Standard kanji spelling for this compound.
Alternate spelling using the full okurigana form of 溜める.
Less common abbreviated kanji spelling.
Compound of ため (溜め, 'storing' or 'accumulating') and 桶 (おけ, 'bucket'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word refers to a bucket used for holding or carrying various substances.