胴どう切ぎり

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.

• 魚さかなを胴どう切ぎりにしてから三さん枚まいにおろす。

  After making a horizontal cut in the fish, I fillet it into three pieces.

• 大だい根こんを胴どう切ぎりにして鍋なべに入いれる。

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

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.

• 胴どう斬ぎりは、相あい手ての胴どうを水すい平へいに斬きる剣けん術じゅつの技わざだ。

  Dōgiri is a swordsmanship technique that cuts horizontally across the opponent's torso.