lipped bowl; spouted bowl
A bowl or dish with a pouring lip, used for liquids or serving. Common in traditional Japanese tableware.
This lipped bowl is convenient for pouring sake.
one side of a story; one party's account
Refers to hearing only one side of a dispute or argument, often implying incompleteness or bias. Frequently used in the phrase 片口を聞く.
Just listening to his story gives only one side.
You shouldn't judge after hearing only one side.
Standard kanji spelling for both senses.
Compound of 片 (kata, 'one side') and 口 (kuchi, 'mouth' or 'opening'). The lipped-bowl sense refers to the single spout; the argument sense metaphorically extends 'one-sided mouth' to hearing only one party's account.