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Learn Hardcore Japanese: houtyou - kitchen knife

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 36
/houchou

houchou

Word

包丁ほうちょうhouchou

Meaning

kitchen knife

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of houchou

包丁ほうちょう　を　使つかう　とき　は、　まな板いた　が　動うごかない　よう　に　気き　を　つけます。houchou o tsukau toki wa, manaita ga ugokanai you ni ki o tsukemasu.

When using a kitchen knife, I’m careful so that the cutting board doesn’t move.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

包丁ほうちょう　と　まな板いた　を　片付かたづけた　あと、　鍋なべ　の　中なか　の　スープ　を　冷さまして　おいた。houchou to manaita o katazuketa ato, nabe no naka no suupu o samashite oita.

After putting away the knife and cutting board, I let the soup in the pot cool.

この　包丁ほうちょう　は　古ふるい　です　が、　まだ　よく　切きれます。kono houchou wa furui desu ga, mada yoku kiremasu.

This kitchen knife is old, but it still cuts well.

この　包丁ほうちょう　は　よく　切きれる　ので、　にんじん　を　小ちいさく　切きる　とき　に　便利べんり　です。kono houchou wa yoku kireru node, ninjin o chiisaku kiru toki ni benri desu.

This kitchen knife cuts well, so it is convenient when cutting carrots into small pieces.

台所だいどころ　で　包丁ほうちょう　を　使つかう　とき　は、　指ゆび　を　けがしない　よう　に　気き　を　つけます。daidokoro de houchou o tsukau toki wa, yubi o kegashinai you ni ki o tsukemasu.

When I use a kitchen knife in the kitchen, I am careful not to injure my fingers.

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