お椀わん

noun

bowl (wooden)

Polite term for a wooden bowl, often used in traditional Japanese dining. The honorific prefix お makes it more respectful than plain 椀.

See also: 椀

• お椀わんに味み噌そ汁しるをよそってください。

  Please serve the miso soup into the bowl.

• このお椀わんは漆うるし塗ぬりで、とても美うつくしい。

  This bowl is lacquered and very beautiful.