Translation guide
The English term "cross-cut" can refer to a diagonal cut, a shortcut, or a type of saw. This guide covers the most common ways to express these ideas in Japanese, focusing on natural usage for learners.
To cut something diagonally or across the grain, such as in woodworking or cooking.
Literally 'side cut', used for cutting across the width or grain, especially in woodworking or meat preparation.
この木材を横切りにしてください。
Please cross-cut this lumber.
A path that cuts across an area to shorten the distance.
A saw designed for cutting across the wood grain.
The specific term for a cross-cut saw in woodworking.
横切り鋸で板を切る。
Cut the board with a cross-cut saw.
Loanword for 'cross-cut saw', used in modern or imported tool contexts.
Means 'diagonal cut', often used in cooking for slicing vegetables or meat at an angle.
ネギを斜め切りにします。
I'll cut the green onions diagonally.
Loanword from English, used in technical contexts like woodworking or film editing. Not common in everyday speech.
クロスカットソーを使う。
Use a cross-cut saw.
The standard word for 'shortcut'. Can be used for both physical paths and metaphorical shortcuts.
ここをまっすぐ行くと近道です。
If you go straight here, it's a shortcut.
Literally 'a road that cuts across', used to describe a path that traverses an area diagonally.
公園を横切る道がある。
There's a path that cuts across the park.
クロスカットソーを買った。
I bought a cross-cut saw.