N21670/1725

碗わん

rarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)counter

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わん

Meanings

bowl (ceramic, porcelain)
counter for bowls of food or drink

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Example sentences

母ははは丁寧ていねいに茶碗ちゃわんを洗あらった。

My mother carefully washed the rice bowl.

ご飯はんを三碗さんわんも食たべてしまった。

I ended up eating three bowls of rice.

この碗わんは江戸えど時代じだいの貴重きちょうな陶器とうきだそうだ。

I hear this bowl is a precious piece of pottery from the Edo period.

汁碗しるわんに熱あつい味噌汁みそしるが注そそがれた。

Hot miso soup was poured into the soup bowl.

茶道さどうでは、碗わんの扱あつかい方かたに細こまかい作法さほうがあり、初心者しょしんしゃには難むずかしいとされている。

In the tea ceremony, there are detailed etiquette rules for handling the bowl, and it is said to be difficult for beginners.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)