添水

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Kanji in this term
添	水
そ > そう Grade: S	みず > ず Grade: 1

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添水

/soudu/ > /soːdu/ > /soːzu/. Etymology unknown, but likely cognate with either 僧都 (sōzu) or 案山子 (sōzu).

添(そう)水(ず) • (sōzu) ^{←そうづ (soudu)^?}

a traditional device found in Japanese gardens; composed of a bamboo tube that, when filled with water, revolves to empty and makes a clanking sound to scare away any crop-eating animals