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.
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.
Please cross-cut this lumber.
Means 'diagonal cut', often used in cooking for slicing vegetables or meat at an angle.
I'll cut the green onions diagonally.
Loanword from English, used in technical contexts like woodworking or film editing. Not common in everyday speech.
Use a cross-cut saw.
The standard word for 'shortcut'. Can be used for both physical paths and metaphorical shortcuts.
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.
There's a path that cuts across the park.
Cut the board with a cross-cut saw.
Loanword for 'cross-cut saw', used in modern or imported tool contexts.
I bought a cross-cut saw.