水切り
Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
1. straining; draining
Noun
2. drainer; strainer; colander
3. cutwater (of a ship); forefoot; drip (on a building); flashing; throating; starling (of a bridge)
4. stone skipping; stone skimming; skipping stones; ducks and drakes
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
5. cutting a flower stem under water (to prolong its life)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
みずきり
みずきり
Composed of
水
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
Noun
切り
end; finish; place to stop; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); trump card; king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta); …
Noun
Used in vocabulary
Examples1
豆腐
Lightly weigh the tofu down, leave it for about 20 minutes then drain.