Illustration: At a craft table in a Japanese apartment, an adult draws a retractable utility knife along a metal ruler to cut a sheet of thin cardboard. Only a short section of the segmented blade projects from its narrow handle.

カッター

kattaa

cutting tool

In everyday speech, it often means a utility knife. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

カッターマシンがサーモンを切きっていた。
The cutting machine sliced the salmon.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
イラストをレーザーカッターで刻印こくいんする
to engrave an illustration with a laser cutter
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
箱はこを開あけるためにカッターを借かりた。
I borrowed a utility knife to open the box.
Written by AI for Bebop

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