usuba bocho

noun

A thin, Japanese-style, straight-edged vegetable knife.

OriginJapanese 薄刃包丁 →
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Meanings

nounusuba bocho (plural usuba bocho)
  1. A thin, Japanese-style, straight-edged vegetable knife.

Origin

  1. Japanese薄刃包丁“thin knife”
  2. Englishusuba bocho

Borrowed from Japanese 薄刃包丁 (usuba-bōchō, “thin knife”).

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