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.

• 裁さい縫ほう箱ばこに小ちいさな握にぎり鋏ばさみが入はいっている。

  There is a small pair of shears in the sewing box.