Illustration: In a compact apartment kitchen, a home cook uses a broad stainless-steel kitchen knife to slice a daikon on a wooden cutting board. The blade is midway through the next round, with several evenly cut slices lying beside it and the guiding fingertips curled safely back.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

包ほう丁ちょう

houchou

kitchen knife

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの妻つまは、包丁ほうちょうを使つかっているときに、指ゆびを切きった。

    When using the kitchen knife, my wife cut her finger.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 包丁ほうちょうで指ゆびを切きりました。

    I cut my finger with a knife.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 包丁ほうちょうとか鍋なべとか、台所用品だいどころようひんを持参じさんすること。

    Don’t forget to bring kitchen utensils such as knives and cooking pots.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 包丁

  • 包wrap; pack upOnホウKunつつむ・くるむ
  • 丁street; wardOnチョウ・テイ・チンKunひのと

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