tsukubai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蹲踞.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(t)suːkuːˌbaɪ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

tsukubai (plural tsukubai)

  1. A small basin, usually of stone, used for ritual ablution in Japanese Buddhist temples and before the tea ceremony.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.