匙

From Middle Chinese 匙 (zhiɛ, “spoon”). The goon, so likely the earliest borrowing from Middle Chinese.

香匙

a spoon or scoop used to scoop out incense


匙

From Middle Chinese 匙 (zhiɛ, “spoon”). The kan'on, so a later borrowing. Compare modern Cantonese 匙 (ci⁴), Min Nan 匙 (sî).

鑰匙: a key

from the vague similarity in shape to a spoon, with the bowl of the spoon as the handle of the key


匙

Likely an alteration of the kan'on reading shi: /si/ → /hi/


匙

Originally a compound of 茶 (sa, “tea”, the tōon or Tang reading) + 匙 (ji, “spoon, scoop”). This on'yomi reading for a two-character term was then applied to the single-character 匙 spelling, and re-interpreted as kun'yomi.

a doctor

especially one tending to a high-ranking samurai family

the degree of skill in compounding medicine

匙が回る:: → to be skillful at compounding medicine

used historically when working with medicine

灰匙

a spoon or scoop used to scoop out ashes from the brazier used for tea ceremony

一匙飯: a single scoop of cooked rice

viewed as inadequate and bad luck to eat just this amount, with some superstitions that eating just this would cause one to become a stepmother or stepchild

匙の先より口の先: “not so much the tip of their spoon

as the tip of their tongue” → a pejorative comment about a doctor

stating that they are better at flattery and speaking nicely

than they are at actual medical treatment

私たちは匙でスープを飲む。


匙

匙 (canonical)
sukui (romanization)
sukufi (romanization)
すくひ (hiragana historical)

Alternative spelling of 掬い (sukui, “scoop”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 掬う (sukuu, “to scoop”).
Rare. Only found in compounds.


箸

→ Bengali: হাশি (haśi)

→ Esperanto: haŝio

→ Jeju: 하시 (hasi)

→ Palauan: hasi

→ Portuguese: hashi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pasuy (compare Ainu パスイ (pasui)). Possibly related to 嘴 (“beak”) or 端 (“tip”).


鍋

→ Indonesian: nabe

→ Korean: 냄비 (naembi, “pan, saucepan; pot”)

→ Sakizaya: nabi

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⟨nabe₂⟩ → */naⁿbe/ → /nabe/
From Old Japanese, first cited in the Nihon Shoki of 720. In turn, reconstructed as Proto-Japonic *nanpay.
Originally a compound of Old Japanese elements 肴 (na, “small snack, hors d'oeuvre”) + 瓮 (pe, modern he, “a pot or pan for holding food or beverages”). The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

⇒ 鍋料理 (nabe ryōri)

⇒ 鍋物 (nabemono)

short for 鍋料理 (nabe ryōri, literally “pot + cooking”) or 鍋物 (nabemono, literally “pot + thing”), a dish where everything is cooked together in a nabe; compare English hot pot or hotdish


パン

(cooking) a pan (flat vessel used for cooking)


炊飯器

電気炊飯器

電気炊飯器 でんきすいはんき


包丁

ja-noun

包(ほう)丁(ちょう) • (hōchō)

[ho̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

From Middle Chinese 庖丁 (páodīng, “cook”).


網杓子

網杓子 (canonical)
amijakushi (romanization)


ティースプーン

ティースプーン • (tīsupūn)

[tʲiːsɨ̥pɯ̟̃ːɴ]


小さじ

From 小(こ) (ko, “small, little”) + 匙(さじ) (saji, “spoon”).


小皿

From 小 (ko, "small," "little") + 皿 (sara, "plate," "dish").


大さじ

From 大(おお) (ō, “large, big”) + さじ (saji, “spoon”).


土鍋

土 (earthenware, earth) + 鍋 (cooking pot)

(cooking) an earthenware pot used for cooking in Japanese cuisine


擂鉢

Literally “grinding bowl”:
擂 (すり, suri, “grind”)
+ 鉢 (はち, hachi, “bowl”),
with rendaku (連濁).


杓文字

ja-noun

杓(しゃ)文(も)字(じ) or 杓(さ)文(も)字(じ) • (shamoji or samoji)

杓文字 (canonical)
杓文字 (canonical)
shamoji (romanization)
samoji (romanization)

a flat rice scoop; a rice paddle; a shamoji


フォーク

フォーク • (fōku)

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フォークボール フォークボール#Japanese

(baseball) Short for フォークボール (fōkubōru).


フォーク

ja-pos

フォーク • (Fōku)

ja:フォーク
ja:フォーク郡 (サウスダコタ州)


フォーク

フォーク • (Fōku)


急須

急須 (canonical)
kyūsu (romanization)
kifusu (romanization)
きふす (hiragana historical)


フライパン

[ɸɯ̟ɾa̠ipã̠ɴ]


おかま

おかま (canonical)
オカマ (canonical)
okama (romanization)

Compound of 御 (o-, “honorific prefix”) + 釜 (kama, “pot”).
The development of the slang senses appear to have started from an analogy comparing a man's butt to the shape of certain pots.

prefix

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see お, 釜.


散蓮華

散蓮華 (canonical)
chirirenge (romanization)

[t͡ɕiɾʲiɾẽ̞ŋɡe̞]

Chinese soupspoon (spoon for eating soup), usually made from ceramic


蒸籠

蒸籠 (canonical)
seirō (romanization)
seirou (romanization)
せいろう (hiragana historical)

Alternative form of 蒸籠 (seiro, “steamer basket”)


まな板

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Compound of 真魚 (mana, “edible fish”) + 板 (ita, “board”).
The 俎 kanji spelling comes from Chinese 俎 (zǔ).

俎板木

a board shaped like a cutting board, attached to the top of a sluice gate and used to raise and lower the gate

like pounding nails into a cutting board

俎板に釘打つよう: → to care about things that don't matter

the sense that a cutting board is a single piece of wood and does not need nailing

a bird picking up food from a cutting board

俎板の上に餌を拾う鳥: → a metaphor for doing something while being oblivious of the danger

俎板を机: → to use something for an inappropriate purpose


鉄瓶

Compound of 鉄 (tetsu, “iron”) + 瓶 (bin, “jug”).

南部鉄瓶

南部鉄瓶 なんぶてつびん


テーブルスプーン

ja-noun

テーブルスプーン • (tēburusupūn)

[te̞ːbɯ̟ɾɯ̟sɨ̥pɯ̟̃ːɴ]

a tablespoon (a large spoon, used for eating food)


コルクスクリュー

a corkscrew (implement for opening bottles sealed by a cork)


泡立て器

泡立て器 (canonical)
awadateki (romanization)

泡立て (awadate, stem of 泡立てる (awadateru, “to whisk”)) + 器 (-ki, “utensil”)

suf

stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">泡立てる</i> (awadateru, “to whisk”)


スキレット

フライパン フライパン#Japanese

Synonym of フライパン (furaipan, “frying pan”); a skillet


割り箸

割り箸 (canonical)
waribashi (romanization)

Korean: 와리바시 (waribasi)

[β̞a̠ɾʲiba̠ɕi]

割(わ)り (wari, “splitting”) + 箸(はし) (hashi, “chopstick”)

ja-compound

"splittable chopsticks"; chopsticks in pairs that aren't entirely separated at one end and that can be split when used


先割れスプーン

先割れスプーン (canonical)
sakiware supūn (romanization)

[sa̠kʲiβ̞a̠ɾe̞ sɨ̥pɯ̟̃ːɴ]

Compound of 先 (saki, “tip, end”) + 割れ (ware, “splitting, cleaving”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of intransitive verb 割れる (wareru, “to split, to cleave”)) + スプーン (supūn, “spoon”).
Apparently coined to refer to the utensil provided as part of school food service. First appearance unknown, but some time after 1860, the first attestation for スプーン (supūn).

compound

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卸し金

卸し金 (canonical)
oroshigane (romanization)


焙烙

ja-noun

焙(ほう)烙(ろく) • (hōroku) ^(←はうろく (fauroku)?)

焙烙 (canonical)
hōroku (romanization)
fauroku (romanization)
ほうらく (alternative hiragana)
hōraku (Rōmaji)
はうらく (hiragana historical)
はうろく (hiragana historical)

[ho̞ːɾo̞kɯ̟]

[ho̞ːɾa̠kɯ̟]


菜箸

菜(さい)箸(ばし) • (saibashi) ^(←さいばし (saibasi)?) (counter 膳)

菜箸 (canonical)
saibashi (romanization)
saibasi (romanization)
膳 (counter)
さいばし (hiragana historical)

Compound of 菜(さい) (sai, “vegetables; side dish”) + 箸(はし) (hashi, “chopsticks”).

ja-compound

long chopsticks, as those used for cooking or serving food


まぎり

Borrowed from Ainu マキリ (makiri, “kind of small knife”).


かみざら

kamizara (romanization)
かみざら (hiragana historical)


ピックス

Borrowed from English picks (noun plural).


ターナー

ja-pos

ターナー • (Tānā)

A transliteration of the English surname Turner


取り箸

取り箸 (canonical)
toribashi (romanization)

Compound of 取(と)る (toru, “to take, to serve”) + 箸(はし) (hashi, “chopsticks”).


とりざら

torizara (romanization)
とりざら (hiragana historical)

From 取(と)り (tori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru).”) + 皿(さら) (sara). The sara changes to zara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

personal plate to hold food from a larger communal plate


まるざら

maruzara (romanization)
まるざら (hiragana historical)

[ma̠ɾɯ̟za̠ɾa̠]

From 丸(まる) (maru) + 皿(さら) (sara). The sara changes to zara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


広東鍋

広東鍋 (canonical)
Kanton-nabe (romanization)


てぼ

てぼ (canonical)
テボ (canonical)
tebo (romanization)


角皿

From 角(かく) (kaku) + 皿(さら) (sara). The sara changes to zara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).