胴どう切ぎり

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Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

horizontal cut; cutting across

Common in cooking and gardening: cutting a fish, vegetable, or plant horizontally. Often used as a noun or with する.

れる

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Cut the daikon radish crosswise and put it in the pot.

2

noun

horizontal torso cut

Only when written 胴斬り / どう斬り

A sword technique: a horizontal slash across the opponent's torso. Often written 胴斬り. Primarily a noun; する usage is possible but less common.

胴どう切ぎり
Standard kanji spelling for horizontal cutting, especially in cooking and plant care.
どう切ぎり
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; used when the kanji 胴 is less familiar or for clarity.
胴どう斬ぎり
Used especially for the sword technique sense, emphasizing a cutting action with a blade.

輪わ切ぎり
輪切り means cutting into round slices (like cucumber rounds), while 胴切り emphasizes a horizontal cut across the body of something, often larger items like fish or daikon.
水すい平へい切ぎり
水平切り is a more general term for a horizontal cut, while 胴切り is specifically used for cutting the 'torso' of an object, especially in cooking or swordsmanship.

Compound of 胴 (dō, 'torso, trunk') and 切り (kiri, 'cutting', from 切る). The spelling 斬り is used for the sword technique to emphasize a slashing action.