のみ

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Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

A woodworking chisel used in carpentry and joinery.

大だい工くさんはのみで木きを削けずった。
The carpenter shaved the wood with a chisel.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を鑿のみで彫ほるto carve something with a chisel
職しょく人にんは木もく材ざいを鑿のみで彫ほって仏ぶつ像ぞうを作つくった。
The craftsman carved a Buddhist statue out of wood using a chisel.
鑿のみで穴あなを開あけるto bore a hole with a chisel
板いたに鑿のみで穴あなを開あけて釘くぎを打うった。
He bored a hole in the board with a chisel and drove a nail into it.
鑿のみを使つかうto use a chisel
初しょ心しん者しゃはまず鑿のみを使つかう練れん習しゅうから始はじめる。
Beginners start by practicing how to use a chisel.

Expressions

鑿のみと言いえば槌つちone should do more than what is literally asked for