noun
nakiri knife; vegetable knife
Abbreviation of 菜切り包丁. A rectangular-bladed Japanese knife designed for cutting vegetables.
See also: 菜切り包丁
新しい菜切りを買ったので、野菜を切るのが楽しみだ。
I bought a new nakiri knife, so I'm looking forward to cutting vegetables.
noun
cutting vegetables
Refers to the action of cutting vegetables, often in a cooking context.
料理の基本は、まず菜切りから始まる。
The basics of cooking start with cutting vegetables.
Full term for the nakiri knife; 菜切り is the common abbreviation.
Compound of 菜 (vegetable) and 切り (cutting). The knife sense is an abbreviation of 菜切り包丁.