庖
庖: kitchen
kitchen; cook (庖丁)
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Variant of 包丁 (ほうちょう, kitchen knife): 庖丁 is the same word. 庖厨 (ほうちゅう) is an old word for kitchen.
Key words
庖丁ほうちょうkitchen knife
出刃庖丁でばぼうちょうpointed carving knife
石庖丁いしぼうちょうstone harvesting knife
庖厨ほうちゅうkitchen (literary)
Example sentences
祖母は、料理を始める前にいつも庖丁を丁寧に研ぐ。
My grandmother always sharpens her kitchen knife carefully before she starts cooking.
博物館には、稲の穂を摘むのに使われた石庖丁が展示されている。
The museum displays stone knives that were used to cut ears of rice.
庖厨は台所を意味する古い言葉で、今ではほとんど使われない。
Hōchū is an old word meaning kitchen and is hardly used today.