- 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).包丁
庖丁
kitchen knife
carving knife* * *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).* * *I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.IIほうちょう【放鳥】1 〔鳥を放つこと〕 releasing birds; setting birds free (as an act of mercy).~する release birds; set birds free (as an act of mercy).●養殖したキジを猟場に放鳥する release artificially raised pheasants into a hunting ground; stock a hunting ground with artificially raised pheasants
・立山で捕えたライチョウが 7 羽富士山に放鳥された. Seven snow grouse caught on Mt. Tateyama were released on Mt. Fuji.
2 〔放たれる鳥〕 a caged bird to be set free.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.