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菜切り包丁 (なきりぼうちょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
nakiri knife ; vegetable knife
A Japanese-style kitchen knife with a straight blade edge, designed primarily for cutting vegetables. The name literally means 'vegetable-cutting knife'.
り
包ぼう
丁ちょう
で
大だい
根こん
を
薄うす
切ぎ
り
に
し
た
。
My mother sliced the daikon radish thinly with a vegetable knife.
Written forms 菜な 切き り 包ぼう 丁ちょう
Standard kanji spelling for this specific type of kitchen knife.
なきり 包丁ぼうちょう
Mixed kana-kanji spelling sometimes seen in shops or casual writing.
Kanji 菜 vegetable, side dish, greens Similar words 三さん 徳とく 包ぼう 丁ちょう A general-purpose Japanese kitchen knife (santoku) that can handle meat, fish, and vegetables, whereas a nakiri is specialized for vegetables.
包ほう 丁ちょう The general term for a kitchen knife; 菜切り包丁 is a specific type.
Etymology Compound of 菜 (na, 'vegetable'), 切り (kiri, 'cutting'), and 包丁 (hōchō, 'kitchen knife'). The term straightforwardly describes its function.
