握にぎり鋏ばさみ

noun

U-shaped scissors; shears

Traditional Japanese scissors with a U-shaped spring handle, squeezed to cut; no finger holes. Often used for thread cutting, ikebana, or crafts. Compare 和鋏 (わばさみ).

See also: 和鋏 (わばさみ)

• 生いけ花ばなの先せん生せいは握にぎり鋏ばさみで枝えだを切きった。

  The ikebana teacher cut the branch with U-shaped scissors.