Last Updated：2025/11/21

Water that dishes and cooking utensils have been washed in. / (by extension) Anything dull and lacking interest or flavour.

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dishwater

Source Word

dishwater

Noun

uncountable usually broadly

Japanese Meaning

食器や調理用具を洗った際に使用された水。 / 転じて、非常に平凡で魅力に欠けるものや状態を指す。

Always let the dishwater cool before you pour it down the sink to avoid burns.

やけどを避けるために、流しに捨てる前に食器を洗った水を必ず冷ましてください。

Sense（1）

Water that dishes and cooking utensils have been washed in.

The dishwater drained away slowly.

Sense（2）

(by extension) Anything dull and lacking interest or flavour.

This season's offerings are nothing but dishwater.

dishwaters

（ plural ）