drinking water; act of drinking water
Refers to the action of drinking water, often used in contexts like giving water to animals or taking a drink.
A bird has come to drink water.
Abbreviation of 水呑み百姓 (mizunomi-byakushō), a historical term for a poor peasant who could only afford to drink water. Rare and archaic outside historical contexts.
See also: 水呑百姓
In the Edo period, there were poor peasants called mizunomi.
drinking fountain; water fountain; watering hole
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Variant kanji spelling using 呑 (drink); less common than 水飲み.
Compound of 水 (mizu, 'water') and 飲み (nomi, 'drinking'), the continuative form of 飲む (nomu, 'to drink'). The peasant sense is a shortening of 水呑み百姓.