掃き溜めに鶴

はきだめにつる

a jewel in a dunghill

掃き溜めを漁る

はきだめをあさる

to rummage a dustbin, to pick a garbage dump

溜め

ため

cesspool, sink, manure sink

掃き初め

はきぞめ

first house-cleaning of the year (on January 2); first sweeping

書き溜める

to accumulate (writings, compositions, etc. that one has not yet published); to build up a stock of (manuscripts, etc.)

描き溜める

かきためる

to accumulate (drawings, paintings, etc. that one has not yet published); to build up a stock of (drawings, paintings, etc.)

溜める

ためる

to amass, to accumulate, to store

肥溜め

こえだめ

tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser), night soil vat or reservoir, cesspool

ゴミ溜め

ゴミため

garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite

溜め涙

pent-up tears

掃き集める

はきあつめる

to sweep up together

掃き清める

はききよめる

to sweep clean, to brush clean

掃き掃除

はきそうじ

sweeping and cleaning

撮り溜め

とりだめ

video taping (and storing)

溜め込む

ためこむ

to save up, to stockpile, to stash away, to hoard, to amass, to salt away

溜め塗り

ためぬり

lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

煤掃き

すすはき

sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year)

掃き手

はきて

hand touching the ground resulting in direct loss

撮り溜める

とりだめる

to take photographs for later use, to shoot video for archiving