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撒: scatter

scatter; sprinkle
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撒く (まく) scatters things like water, salt, beans or flyers; for sowing seeds, 蒔く and 播く are also used.

Key words

撒くまくto scatter, sprinkle
豆撒きまめまきbean-throwing ritual
水撒きみずまきsprinkling water
撒水さんすいwatering, sprinkling
撒き散らすまきちらすto scatter about

Example sentences

On Setsubun night, the children scattered beans while saying "Out with the demons!"

On hot days, sprinkling water on the garden in the evening is my daily routine.

To keep the dust down, a water-sprinkling truck is driving around the construction site.

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