湯ゆ汲くみ

noun

drawing hot water; person who draws hot water

General term for the act of drawing hot water or a person who does so, often in a bathhouse context.

• 湯ゆ汲くみの仕し事ごとは朝あさ早はやくから始はじまる。

  The work of drawing hot water starts early in the morning.

noun

bathhouse attendant who pours clean hot water for rinsing

Specific role in a traditional bathhouse: an employee who pours clean hot water over bathers for rinsing.

• 昔むかしの銭せん湯とうには湯ゆ汲くみという係かかりの人ひとがいた。

  In old public bathhouses, there was an attendant called a yukumi.

noun

ladle (for bathhouse use)

A ladle or scoop, especially one used in bathhouses to pour hot water.

• 湯ゆ汲くみでお湯ゆをすくって体からだにかける。

  Scoop hot water with the ladle and pour it over your body.