薄刃包丁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薄	刃	包	丁
うす Grade: S	は > ば Grade: S	ほう > ぼう Grade: 4	ちょう Grade: 3
kun'yomi		on'yomi

Etymology

From 薄刃(うすば) (usuba, “thin blade”) + 包丁(ほうちょう) (hōchō, “hocho”). The hōchō changes to bōchō as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟sɨba̠bo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

薄(うす)刃(ば)包(ぼう)丁(ちょう) • (usuba-bōchō) ^{←うすばばうちやう (usubabautyau)?}

1. usuba bocho, thin-bladed vegetable knife

Descendants

• → English: usuba bocho

See also

• 菜切(なき)り包丁(ぼうちょう) (nakiri-bōchō, “vegetable knife”)