鋸のこぎり

の

こ

ぎ

り

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

saw

usually written using kana alone

A tool for cutting wood or other materials, with a toothed blade.

のこぎりで板いたを切きる。

Cut the board with a saw.

彼かれは鋸のこぎりを研といでいる。

He is sharpening the saw.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を鋸のこぎりで切きるto cut something with a saw
父ちちは庭にわの木きを鋸のこぎりで切きった。
My father cut the tree in the yard with a saw.
鋸のこぎりを引ひくto saw (draw a saw back and forth)
彼かれは板いたの上うえで鋸のこぎりを引ひいた。
He sawed back and forth over the board.

Kanji

鋸saw (cuts wood)

Counted with

丁ちょう
Used for counting a 鋸 (saw) as a long, slender tool.
本ほんN5
本 counts 鋸 (saw) as a long, slender object, and is common in everyday speech alongside 丁.

Word family· 18

帯おび鋸のこぎり
band saw; bandsaw
金かね鋸のこぎり
hacksaw
鋸のこぎり盤ばん
sawing machine; power saw
ノコギリソウ
Siberian yarrow · achillea; yarrow (genus Achillea)
鋸のこぎり鎌がま
toothed sickle; saw-toothed sickle

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ノコギリザメ
saw shark; Japanese saw shark
ノコギリエイ
sawfish
両りょう刃ば鋸のこぎり
double-edged saw
胴どう付つき鋸のこぎり
back saw; tenon saw; saw with a spine

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Written forms

鋸のこぎりUsage49%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
ノコギリUsage35%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling, sometimes used in technical or emphatic contexts.
のこぎりUsage16%
Kana spelling is common and marked as usually written using kana alone.

Etymology

The kanji 鋸 is a phono-semantic compound: 金 (metal) + 居 (phonetic, also suggesting 'to be placed'). The reading のこぎり is of native Japanese origin, likely from のこ (saw) + きり (cutting).

金かね切きり鋸のこぎり

hacksaw