包丁 (Houchou) is a Japanese noun meaning “kitchen knife, cooking, food”.
Meanings
- nounkitchen knife
- nouncooking; food
Examples
包丁で指を切りました。
I cut my finger with a knife.
彼女は長年の間に包丁をすり減らした。
She ground down a kitchen knife in the course of many years.
子供に包丁をいたずらさせてはダメだよ。
Don't let your boy play with a knife.
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