杯はい洗せん

noun

sake cup rinsing bowl

A small vessel used in traditional sake service for rinsing cups between servings.

• 料りょう亭ていでは、杯はい洗せんに水みずを張はってお猪ちょ口こをすすぎます。

  At traditional Japanese restaurants, they fill the rinsing bowl with water and rinse the sake cups.