Word Meaning 牛刀

ぎゅうとう gyuutou

牛刀 is read as ぎゅうとう (gyuutou) and means butcher's knife.

Meaning

English

butcher's knife
chef's knife

Reading

Kana

ぎゅうとう

Romaji

gyuutou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 126526 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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割鶏牛刀

かっけいぎゅうとう

using a meat ax when a knife would suffice

牛舎

ぎゅうしゃ

cow shed

牛製品

ぎゅうせいひん

beef products

牛にひかれて善光寺参り

うしにひかれてぜんこうじまいり

doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else

刀

とう

knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

木刀

ぼくとう

wooden sword

日本刀

にほんとう

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

大刀

たち

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

小刀

こがたな

(small) knife

一刀

いっとう

single stroke

大刀

だいとう

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

竹刀

しない

bamboo sword (for kendo)