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Japanese word 庖丁: kitchen knife / carving knife. Meanings and example sentences.

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庖丁 (ほうちょう): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

庖丁 (ほうちょう) means kitchen knife / carving knife.

See example sentences below.

庖丁 at a glance

庖丁

ほうちょうhouchou

N2noun

kitchen knife / carving knife

庖丁ほうちょうhouchouN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 庖丁

Core meaning

kitchen knife / carving knife

Basic example sentences

Example 1

新しいほうちょうを買いました。

Translation

I bought a new kitchen knife.

Example 2

ほうちょうで野菜を切っています。

Translation

I am cutting vegetables with a kitchen knife.

Kanji 庖: kitchen

Kanji 庖: kitchen

Kanji 庖: meanings, readings, and example words.

Kanji 丁: street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign

Kanji 丁: street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign

Kanji 丁: meanings, readings, and example words.

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