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杓: ladle

ladle; dipper
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Readings

On
シャク・チョウ・テキ・ヒョウ
Kun
ひしゃく

杓子定規 (しゃくしじょうぎ) means sticking rigidly to the rules; 柄杓 (ひしゃく) is a water dipper.

Key words

柄杓ひしゃくladle; dipper
杓子しゃくしladle; rice paddle
杓子定規しゃくしじょうぎrigid; by-the-book
杓文字しゃもじrice paddle

Example sentences

Grandma watered the garden plants with a dipper.

I ladled out the ozoni soup and handed it to the family.

If you stick too rigidly to the rules, you lose all flexibility.

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