覆ふく水すい

noun

spilt water

Almost exclusively used in the proverb 覆水盆に返らず (spilt water will not return to the tray; what's done cannot be undone). Rarely appears independently.

See also: 覆水盆に返らず

• 「覆ふく水すい盆ぼんに返かえらず」ということわざを知しっていますか。

  Do you know the proverb 'spilt water will not return to the tray'?

• 覆ふく水すいは二に度どと盆ぼんに戻もどらない。

  Spilt water never returns to the tray.