Illustration: In the shared courtyard of an Edo row house, a resident lifts a wooden dipper full of water from a large household water jar. The dipper has just cleared the surface, with droplets falling back and fresh ripples spreading below. An empty bucket waits beside the jar to receive the water.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

汲くむ

kumu

to draw water

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは井戸いどへ行いって水みずをくんできた。

    He fetched some water from the well.

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  2. バケツに水みずを汲くんでくるよ。

    I’ll get a bucket of water.

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  3. 井戸いどから水みずをくんできてください。

    Please draw water from the well.

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Kanji in 汲

  • 汲draw (water); ladleOnキュウKunくむ

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