糞くそ溜だめ

noun

night soil tank; excrement reservoir

A tank or pit for collecting human waste, traditionally used as fertilizer in agriculture. Often associated with historical or rural contexts. Cross-referenced with 肥溜め (こえだめ), which is a more common term for manure pit.

See also: 肥溜め

• 昔むかしの農のう家かでは、糞くそ溜だめの肥こやしを田たんぼに使つかっていた。

  In old farmhouses, they used the fertilizer from the night soil tank in the rice paddies.

• 糞くそ溜だめの清せい掃そうは重じゅう労ろう働どうだった。

  Cleaning the night soil tank was hard labor.