水みず屋や

noun

purification font; water basin at shrine/temple

A stone basin with water for ritual hand and mouth cleansing at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples.

• 参さん拝ぱいの前まえに水みず屋やで手てと口くちを清きよめます。

  Before praying, purify your hands and mouth at the water basin.

noun

kitchen

Historical term for a kitchen, especially in traditional Japanese architecture or older contexts.

• 古ふるい屋や敷しきでは、水みず屋やは母屋おもやから離はなれた場ば所しょにあった。

  In old mansions, the kitchen was located away from the main building.

noun

cupboard

Rare; refers to a cupboard or storage space, often in a kitchen or utility area.

• 水みず屋やに食しょっ器きをしまってください。

  Please put the dishes away in the cupboard.

noun

tea ceremony preparation room

A small room adjacent to the tea ceremony room where utensils are washed and prepared.

• 茶さ道どうでは、水みず屋やで茶ちゃ碗わんを洗あらってから茶ちゃ室しつに運はこびます。

  In the tea ceremony, bowls are washed in the preparation room before being brought to the tea room.

noun

water vendor

Historical term for a person who sold drinking water, especially in the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、水みず屋やが町まち中じゅうで水みずを売うっていた。

  In the Edo period, water vendors sold water throughout the town.

noun

flood refuge building

A raised structure or building used as a shelter during floods; rare and regional.

• この地ち域いきでは、洪こう水ずいのときに水みず屋やに避ひ難なんする習しゅう慣かんがあった。

  In this area, there was a custom of evacuating to a flood refuge building during floods.