How to say "pouring" in Japanese

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  • 注入ちゅうにゅうCommon
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe common everyday choice for pouring a liquid into something; it also covers the sense of injection, introducing a substance or resource into something. Your default for "pouring in".
    この緊急きんきゅうな事態じたいにおいて、人事じんじや制度せいどを改革かいかくし、清新せいしんな雰囲気ふんいきと新あたらしい観念かんねんを、われわれの組織そしきの中なかに注入ちゅうにゅうする以外いがいに方策ほうさくはない。↗
    We have no other alternative but to swap horses midstream and inject a fresh atmosphere and new ideas into our organization.
  • 鋳込みいこみ
    nounThe casting term: pouring molten metal into a mold in foundry work. For everyday pouring of liquids this is seldom the word you want; think manufacturing, not drinks or rain.
  • 滂沱ぼうだ
    adverb (with と), taru-adjective, no-adjectiveA formal, literary term describing tears streaming down in torrents, or rain pouring down. It depicts liquid falling or flowing heavily; it is not the word for pouring something into a container.
  • 灌注かんちゅう
    noun, suru verbPouring (into) in the sense of supplying water: watering and irrigation. A less common word, and seldom what you want for everyday pouring of liquids.

Use 注入 for pouring or injecting something into something, 「鋳込み」 for pouring molten metal in casting, 滂沱 for tears or rain pouring down in literary style, and 灌注 for supplying or pouring in water.

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