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)
She poured the water used to rinse the tea bowl into the waste-water container.
In the tea ceremony, used water is discarded into the waste-water container.
This waste-water container is made of pottery.
水翻し is another traditional name for the same waste-water vessel used in tea ceremony as 零し, literally meaning 'water spiller'.
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years
gripe session; grievance session
Standard kanji spelling for the tea ceremony utensil.
Irregular okurigana usage; mainly seen in 水翻.
Alternate kanji; less common than 零し.
Rare spelling; appears in the compound 水翻し (みずこぼし).
Derived from the verb こぼす (to spill), referring to the container's function of receiving spilled or discarded water.