Illustration: At a small Japanese café table, a diner uses a stainless-steel table knife to cut through a thick pancake while holding it steady with a fork. The knife's separate handle and gently serrated blade are clearly visible, and a freshly separated bite shows the cutting result.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ナイフ

naifu

knife

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはナイフで肉にくを切きった。

    He cut the meat with a knife.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ナイフがない。

    There is a knife missing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ナイフを貸かして下ください。

    Please lend me your knife.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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