drawing hot water; person who draws hot water
General term for the act of drawing hot water or a person who does so, often in a bathhouse context.
The work of drawing hot water starts early in the morning.
bathhouse attendant who pours clean hot water for rinsing
Specific role in a traditional bathhouse: an employee who pours clean hot water over bathers for rinsing.
A ladle or scoop, especially one used in bathhouses to pour hot water.
Scoop hot water with the ladle and pour it over your body.
In old public bathhouses, there was an attendant called a yukumi.
Standard kanji spelling.
Alternate spelling with kana for 汲み.
Compound of 湯 (hot water) and 汲み (drawing water), from the verb 汲む (to draw water).