"牛刀" meaning in Japanese

See 牛刀 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 牛刀 [canonical] (ruby: (ぎゅう), (とう)), gyūtō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぎゅうとう}} 牛(ぎゅう)刀(とう) • (gyūtō)
  1. a double beveled kitchen knife made in the shape of a Western chef's knife but with a sharper and thinner blade typical of a Japanese knife
    Sense id: en-牛刀-ja-noun-1-ajFi9r Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 48 3 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 86 14
  2. an ox cleaver; a cleaver for butchering oxen
    Sense id: en-牛刀-ja-noun-O2lvbkdk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 鶏を割くにいずくんぞ牛刀を用いん (niwatori o saku ni izukunzo gyūtō o mochiin) (ruby: (にわとり), (), 牛刀(ぎゅうとう), (もち)), 牛刀を持って鶏を割く (gyūtō o motte niwatori o saku) (ruby: 牛刀(ぎゅうとう), (), (にわとり), ()), 鶏を割くになんぞ牛刀を用いん (niwatori o saku ni nanzo gyūtō o mochiin) (ruby: (にわとり), (), 牛刀(ぎゅうとう), (もち))
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        [
          "割",
          "さ"
        ],
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          "ぎゅうとう"
        ],
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          "用",
          "もち"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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        ],
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          "割",
          "さ"
        ]
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      "word": "牛刀を持って鶏を割く"
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      "roman": "niwatori o saku ni izukunzo gyūtō o mochiin",
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        ],
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        ]
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          "oxen"
        ]
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Download raw JSONL data for 牛刀 meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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