Translation guide
A tool used for chopping, such as in cooking or woodworking. In Japanese, the specific term depends on the context and type of tool.
A tool for chopping food, especially a heavy knife or cleaver.
General term for kitchen knife, including those used for chopping. Often used in compound words for specific types.
This kitchen knife is sharp.
Chinese-style cleaver, commonly used for chopping vegetables and meat.
I chop vegetables with a Chinese cleaver.
Heavy-duty knife for filleting fish and chopping through bones.
I cut fish bones with a deba knife.
A tool for chopping wood, such as an axe or hatchet.
A heavy tool for chopping, not specific to kitchen or woodworking.
In Japanese, there is no single word that covers all 'chopping tools'. Choose the term based on whether you are cooking, doing woodwork, or referring to a general heavy blade.
手斧で枝を切り落とす。
I chop off branches with a hatchet.