裁たち庖ぼう丁ちょう

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Meanings

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noun

tailor's knife

A specialized knife used in tailoring and dressmaking for cutting fabric. The term is fairly specific and not an everyday household word.

裁たち庖丁ぼうちょうは布ぬのを裁たつための専せん用ようの刃は物ものです。
A tailor's knife is a specialized blade for cutting cloth.

Kanji

裁tailor, judge, decision
庖kitchen
丁street, ward, town

Related words

裁たち鋏ばさみ
裁ち鋏 (tailor's shears) are scissors used for cutting fabric, while 裁ち庖丁 is a knife. Both are tailoring tools, but the knife is used differently, often for precise cuts or heavy fabrics.

Written forms

裁たち庖ぼう丁ちょう
Standard kanji spelling for a tailor's knife. The character 庖 is a variant of 包, but 裁ち庖丁 is the form given.
裁たち包ぼう丁ちょう
Common variant using the standard 包 character. Learners may encounter this spelling more often in modern contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 裁ち (tachi, 'cutting', from 裁つ) and 庖丁 (hōchō, 'kitchen knife'). The spelling 庖丁 is a variant of 包丁. The term directly describes a knife used for cutting cloth in tailoring.