How do you say "sprinkling water to cool the street" in Japanese?

Name: It Is 36 Degrees and She Just Threw a Bucket of Water at the Pavement. She Is Not Cleaning.
Uploaded: 2026-07-28T06:05:00Z
Duration: 62 s
Description: Learn to say 打ち水 (uchimizu) — sprinkling water to cool the street. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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It Is 36 Degrees and She Just Threw a Bucket of Water at the Pavement. She Is Not Cleaning.

To say sprinkling water to cool the street in Japanese, say 打ち水 (uchimizu).

A shopkeeper walks out into the worst heat of the year and empties a bucket onto the concrete. Nothing was dirty.

打ち水 uchimizu sprinkling water to cool the street

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打ち水です。 uchimizu desu. It's uchimizu.
涼しくなりますね。 suzushiku narimasu ne. It gets cooler, doesn't it.

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It Is 36 Degrees and She Just Threw a Bucket of Water at the Pavement. She Is Not Cleaning.

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