noun
chunk; thick slice; cutting into chunks
Cooking term for cutting food into large, rough chunks or the resulting pieces. Also used figuratively for dividing something into large blocks.
魚をぶつ切りにして鍋に入れる。
Cut the fish into chunks and put them in the pot.
この肉はぶつ切りが大きすぎる。
These meat chunks are too big.
ざく切り is cutting into bite-sized pieces, smaller and more uniform than ぶつ切り.
Compound of ぶつ (sound-symbolic element suggesting a heavy, blunt action) and 切り (cutting). The exact origin of ぶつ is uncertain.