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.
この包丁は切れ味がいい。
This kitchen knife is sharp.
Chinese-style cleaver, commonly used for chopping vegetables and meat.
中華包丁で野菜を刻む。
I chop vegetables with a Chinese cleaver.
Heavy-duty knife for filleting fish and chopping through bones.
出刃包丁で魚の骨を切る。
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.
Loanword from English, used for various chopping devices or tools.
このチョッパーで野菜をみじん切りにする。
I mince vegetables with this chopper.
Descriptive phrase meaning 'tool for smashing/splitting', not a fixed term.
何か叩き割る道具はありますか？
Do you have any kind of chopping tool?
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.