vegetable knife; nakiri-style knife
A traditional Japanese knife with a rectangular blade, used primarily for cutting vegetables. Similar to 菜切り包丁.
See also: 菜切り包丁
母は菜刀で大根を薄く切った。
My mother sliced the daikon radish thinly with a vegetable knife.
Compound of 菜 (vegetable) and 刀 (knife). The reading ながたな is a kun'yomi compound.