Lexical entry
バケツリレー
baketsuriree
Passing buckets of water from person to person to put out a fire.
Actions & EventsPure GairaigoWasei-EigoCompoundSource: English
Meaning
A method of moving items or water along a line of people, most commonly associated with manual firefighting.
- bucket passing line
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Evidence and Provenance
- Data source
- JMdict_english
- Revision
- JMdict.2026-04-17
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- possible-wasei
- Active language
- English