手水舎てみずや

noun

purification fountain; ablution pavilion

A roofed water basin at Shinto shrines where visitors rinse their hands and mouth before praying. The reading てみずや is more common, but ちょうずや is also widely used.

• 神じん社じゃに入はいる前まえに、手水舎てみずやで手てと口くちを清きよめましょう。

  Before entering the shrine, let's purify our hands and mouth at the purification fountain.

• あの神じん社じゃの手水舎てみずやはとても立りっ派ぱですね。

  That shrine's ablution pavilion is really impressive, isn't it?