- 包丁
- ほうちょう【包丁, 庖丁】kitchen knife〖C〗carving knife〖C〗butcher('s) knife〖C〗(肉屋の)大型肉切り包丁cleaver〖C〗(肉屋の)肉切り包丁*slice〖C〗薄刃(包丁).* * *ほうちょう【包丁】a kitchen knife; 〔食卓用〕 a table knife; 〔肉切り用〕 a cleaver [carving knife, meat chopper]; 〔魚用〕 a fish knife.
●包丁の背で肉をたたく pound meat with the back of a knife.
●包丁を入れる chop [carve] with a kitchen knife
・オーナー自ら包丁を握る. The owner herself does the cooking.
●この包丁は切れないから砥いだほうがいい. This knife is dull; we'd better sharpen it.
包丁さばき skill [expertise] in handling a kitchen [carving, fish] knife.●彼の包丁さばきは見事だ. He handles a kitchen knife with remarkable skill. | He is very deft with a kitchen knife.
包丁式 a ritualized form of filleting a fish.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.