guzai o kiru.

direct object particle

Breakdown of guzai o kiru.

• 切きる: to cut
• 具材ぐざい: ingredients

Questions & Answers about guzai o kiru.

How do you read 具材 and 切る in this sentence?

具材 is read ぐざい and 切る is read きる.

So the full sentence is read:

ぐざい を きる。

What exactly does 具材 mean?

具材 means the ingredients or fillings/materials used in a dish.

It is often used for the parts that go into cooking, such as vegetables, meat, mushrooms, tofu, and so on. Compared with 材料, which can mean materials/ingredients more generally, 具材 often feels more like the actual food components in the dish.

For example:

• スープの具材 = the ingredients in a soup
• 鍋の具材 = the ingredients for hot pot

Why is を used here?

を marks the direct object of the verb.

In 具材 を 切る, the thing being cut is 具材, so it takes を.

You can think of it like:

• 具材 = ingredients
• を = marks what receives the action
• 切る = cut

So を shows that the action of cutting is being done to the ingredients.