The Japanese word for spoon is
匙

さじ - saji

Japanese Definition

spoon
1. 名詞. スプーン。匙さじ。
2. 名詞. スプーン一杯分。
3. 名詞. (golf, 古語・廃語)3番ウッド。
4. 名詞. (fishing)スプーン。
5. 名詞. (figuratively, 俗語, 古語・廃語)愚おろか者もの。
6. 動詞. スプーンですくう。
7. 動詞. (他動詞, or, 自動詞, 俗語)（人が）いちゃつく。
8. 動詞. (tennis, golf, croquet)（ボールを）掬うようにうつ。
9. 動詞. (自動詞)（魚を）スプーンでつる。
10. 動詞. spoomの異綴。

匙
1. suffix. spoon, scoop
2. suffix. Usage: Only found in compounds.
3. suffix. spoon, scoop
4. suffix. Usage: Only found in compounds.
5. affix. spoon, scoop
6. affix. Usage: Only found in compounds.
7. n. (obsolete) a scoop for food
This sense developed from an ateji spelling of 木刀 (literally, “wooden blade”) applied to the food scoop meaning.
8. n. spoon, scoop used for food
私たちは匙でスープを飲む。 - We eat soup with a spoon.
9. n. more specifically, a spoon or scoop used for compounding medicine
10. n. by extension, medicine
11. n. by further extension, a doctor
12. n. Usage: In modern Japanese, the term
13. n. Usage: The saji reading is the most common in modern Japanese when using this term as a standalone noun. The kanji spelling (匙) is rarely encountered; it is usually written in hiragana alone ((
14. n. spoon
15. n. Usage: This reading does not appear to be as common as the saji reading above. May be dialectal.
16. n. (rare) a scoop
17. n. Usage: Although the general term