The Japanese word for knife is
包丁
ほうちょう - houchou
Japanese Definition
| knife | |
| 1. 名詞. ナイフ、小刀 | |
| 2. 動詞. ナイフで物を切る。 |
Translations for knife and their definitions
| 包丁 | |
| 1. n. kitchen knife, cooking knife, cleaver |
| ナイフ | |
| 1. n. a Western knife, table knife |
| 短剣 | |
| 1. n. dagger (a stabbing weapon) | |
| 2. n. hour hand |
| 小刀 | |
| 1. n. small knife, short sword | |
| 2. n. Usage: * The kogatana reading is more common than shōtō. | |
| 3. n. a specific kind of short sword without a hilt guard | |
| 刀 | |
| 1. n. (from 720) (weapons) a single-edged sword, such as a katana | |
| (coordinate terms, ja, 剣, tr1=tsurugi, t=double-edged sword, 脇差, tr2=wakizashi, t2=traditional Japanese shortsword, 短刀, tr3=tantō, t3=traditional Japanese knife or dagger, 大小, tr4=daishō, t4=“b | |
| 2. n. (from 934) a small single-edged blade | |
| (synonyms, ja, 切れ物, tr1=kiremono) | |
| 3. affix. (from 800s) sword, knife, blade | |
| 4. n. (from 1908) a sword, a katana | |
| (synonyms, ja, 刀, tr1=katana, 刀剣, tr2=tōken) | |
| 5. n. (from 1895) a scalpel, such as that used by a surgeon | |
| (synonyms, ja, メス, tr1=mesu) | |
| 6. n. (from 1913) a kind of bronze or copper money in ancient China, shaped a bit like a sword | |
| (synonyms, ja, 刀銭, tr1=tōsen, 刀泉, tr2=tōsen) |
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(houchou)
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