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潮汲み (しおくみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
drawing seawater to make salt ; person who draws seawater for salt-making
Refers to the traditional practice of collecting seawater for salt production, or the person who does this work. The verb form 潮汲みする is possible but less common.
労ろう
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The work of drawing seawater was hard labor.
Written forms 潮しお 汲く み Usage 71%
Standard kanji spelling; 潮 is the common character for 'tide' or 'seawater'.
汐しお 汲く み Usage 29%
Variant using 汐, an alternative character for 'tide' often seen in traditional or poetic contexts.
Kanji 潮 tide, salt water, opportunity 汲 draw (water), ladle, scoop 汐 eventide, tide, salt water Etymology Compound of 潮 (shio, 'tide, seawater') and 汲み (kumi, 'drawing water', the continuative form of 汲む). The exact historical origin is uncertain, but the word directly describes the action of scooping seawater.
