さじ・匙・匕saji[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
しゃじshajiかいkaiok
Definitions
  1. nounspoon
    私わたしたちはさじでスープを飲のむ。↗
    We eat soup with a spoon.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymスプーンNeutralKatakana loanword, neutral in register; the default word for a Western-style eating spoon — soup, coffee, dessert. The native 匙 now survives mainly in compounds and set phrases rather than for table spoons.

For an ordinary Western table spoon in everyday speech, use スプーン; the native 匙 now appears mostly in compounds for measuring or medicine spoons and in set phrases.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (主おもに食品しょくひんの)液体えきたいや粉末ふんまつをすくったり、混まぜたりするための道具どうぐ。柄がらの先さきに広ひろめの凹状おうじょうのあたまがついている。他ほかに分量ぶんりょうを量はかったり、固形物こけいぶつを潰つぶしたりもする。スプーン。
  2. 1 ですくう量りょう。
  3. 漢字かんじの部首ぶしゅ「⼔」の呼称こしょうの一ひとつ。
English equivalents

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