ししおどし

noun

deer scarer; water-powered clacker

A traditional Japanese garden device: a bamboo tube that fills with water, tips, and clacks against a stone. Originally used to scare away birds and deer, now often decorative.

See also: 添水

• 日本にほん庭てい園えんでししおどしの音おとを聞きいた。

  I heard the sound of a deer scarer in the Japanese garden.

• ししおどしは、水みずがたまるとカコンと音おとを立たてる。

  The deer scarer makes a clacking sound when the water fills up.