ため桶おけ

noun

bucket for liquids; sake bucket; soy sauce bucket

A traditional wooden bucket used for carrying or storing liquids such as sake, soy sauce, or water. Often associated with old-fashioned or rural settings.

• 昔むかしの酒さか屋やでは、ため桶おけで日本にほん酒しゅを量はかり売うりしていた。

  In old liquor stores, they used to sell sake by measure using a wooden bucket.

noun

manure bucket; fertilizer bucket

Specifically a bucket used for carrying manure or night soil as fertilizer, a common practice in pre-modern agriculture.

• 農のう家かではため桶おけに肥こやしを入いれて畑はたけに運はこんだ。

  Farmers used to carry manure in a bucket to the fields.

noun

rainwater bucket; firefighting bucket

A bucket kept filled with rainwater for use in extinguishing fires, especially in traditional fire prevention setups.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの町まち家やでは、火か事じに備そなえてため桶おけに雨あま水みずをためていた。

  In Edo-period townhouses, they kept rainwater in a bucket in case of fire.