みずのて

Japanese

Alternative spelling
水の手

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みずのて [mìzúnóté] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) みずのて [mìzúnótéꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) みずのて [mìzúnóꜜtè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨno̞te̞]

Noun

みずのて • (mizu no te) ^{←みづのて (midu no te)?}

1. firefighting water
   • 1918, 成澤玲川, 米國物語, page 82:

     曾(かつ)て米(べい)國(こく)の田舍(ゐなか)で火(か)事(じ)があつた、水(みづ)の手(て)が惡(わる)くて、咄(とつ)嗟(さ)の場(ば)合(あひ)百(ひやく)ガロン（二(に)石(こく)五(ご)斗(と)）の牛(ぎう)乳(にう)をぶつ掛(か)けて消(せう)防(ばう)に及(およ)んだと云(い)ふ話(はなし)は、牛(ぎう)乳(にう)が米(べい)國(こく)の水だといふことを好(よ)く證(しよう)明(めい)して居(ゐ)る。

     Katsute Beikoku no inaka de kaji ga atta, mizu no te ga warukute, tossa no baai hyaku-garon (ni-koku go-to) no gyūnyū o butsukakete shōbō ni oyonda to iu hanashi wa, gyūnyū ga Beikoku no mizu da to iu koto wo yoku shōmei shite iru.

     The story goes that there once was a fire in rural America, and the water supply was not good, so in haste 100 gallons (2 koku 5 to) of cows' milk was used to satisfaction in firefighting. This proves well that milk is America's water.