Illustration: At a home kitchen counter, a parent threads pieces of chicken and leek onto a thin bamboo skewer. Hold the skewer horizontally so its pointed tip protrudes beyond the newest leek piece and its bare handle remains clearly visible in the other hand.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

串くし

kushi

skewer

Example sentences

  1. ネギが回転かいてんしないようにしばしば2本ほんの串くしが刺さしてある。

    Two skewers may be used to prevent the green onion pieces from turning.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 食材しょくざいをブロック状じょうに切きり、数本すうほんの串くしを打うって火ひの上うえに翳かざす。

    The food ingredient is cut into blocks, pierced with some skewers and placed over the flame.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 開ひらいて頭あたまと骨ほねを取とり去さった身みに串くしを打うち、たれをつけて焼やく。

    Eel flesh, that has been opened up and with the head and the bones removed, is skewered, basted with sauce and broiled.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 串

  • 串spit; skewerOnカン・ケン・センKunくし・つらぬく

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