零こぼし

noun

waste-water container (tea ceremony)

A vessel used in the Japanese tea ceremony to collect water that has been used to rinse tea bowls. Also called 建水 (けんすい) or 水翻し (みずこぼし).

See also: 建水 · 水翻し (みずこぼし)

• 茶さ道どうでは、使つかい終おわった湯ゆを零こぼしに捨すてます。

  In the tea ceremony, used water is discarded into the waste-water container.

• この零こぼしは陶とう器きでできている。

  This waste-water container is made of pottery.