井い戸ど端ばた

noun

side of a well; wellside

Refers to the area around a well. Often used in the compound 井戸端会議 (idobata kaigi, 'wellside gossip') for casual chatting among neighbors.

• 昔むかし、村むらの女おんなたちは井い戸ど端ばたに集あつまって洗せん濯たくをした。

  Long ago, the women of the village gathered at the wellside to do laundry.

• 井い戸ど端ばた会かい議ぎに花はなが咲さく。

  The wellside gossip is in full swing.