- 打ち水
- うちみず【打(ち)水】ほこりをしずめたり， 涼をとるために水をまくこと。 また， その水。 ﹝季﹞夏。 《～をしている主縁に客/今井つる女》
Japanese explanatory dictionaries. 2013.
打ち水
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