Translation guide
A small axe used with one hand, often for chopping wood or as a tool/weapon. In Japanese, the most common equivalent is 'ono' (axe), but smaller hand axes may be specified as 'teono' or 'kozuchi'. Context determines whether it's a tool or weapon.
The learner wants to refer to a hatchet as a physical object, typically a small axe used for chopping wood, camping, or as a weapon.
The learner wants to express the idiom 'bury the hatchet', meaning to end a conflict or reconcile.
General verb meaning 'to reconcile' or 'make peace'. Natural equivalent for the idiom.
Do not translate 'bury the hatchet' literally as 斧を埋める (おのをうめる). This would not be understood as an idiom and sounds strange. Use 和解する or 仲直りする instead.
bury the hatchet (literal, incorrect)
He split firewood with a hatchet.
Literally 'hand axe', specifically a small one-handed axe or hatchet. Common in outdoor/camping contexts.
I bring a hatchet to camp.
Small mallet or hammer, sometimes used for a very small hatchet-like tool, but more often a wooden mallet. Not a primary translation.
Hit the wood with a small mallet.
They finally buried the hatchet.
To make up after a quarrel, more casual than 和解する. Suitable for personal relationships.
The brothers buried the hatchet after the fight.
Literally 'stop the conflict'. A more literal description, less idiomatic.
It's time to bury the hatchet after years of conflict.