kitchen knife; cook's knife
A general-purpose knife used for food preparation; the most common word for a kitchen knife.
It feels good to cut vegetables with a new kitchen knife.
cooking; food preparation
Archaic meaning; originally referred to the act of cooking or food itself. Not used in modern Japanese.
In old texts, 包丁 can refer to cooking itself.
I cut the vegetables with a kitchen knife.
I sharpen my kitchen knife every week.
He wields a knife at the restaurant every day.
I made the first cut into the cake with a knife.
cook; chef
Japanese-style kitchen knife