Illustration: At a woodworker's bench in a small Japanese workshop, a finished wooden soup bowl rests in the craftsperson's open palm. Its rounded wall, small raised foot, smooth rim, and continuous grain are plainly visible.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

椀わん

wan

wooden bowl

Usually called お椀 in everyday speech. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. そのお椀わんのスープはとてもおいしかった。

    The soup in the bowl was very delicious.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. みんなのお椀わんにスープを注そそいで。

    Ladle the soup into everyone’s bowl.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 日本にっぽんでは椀わんや小皿こざらを手てで持もって食たべることが許ゆるされている。

    In Japan, it is allowed to hold a bowl or saucer in one’s hand to eat foods out of it.

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

Kanji in 椀

  • 椀wooden or lacquered bowlOnワンKunはち

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