Hand plane in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA hand tool with a cutting blade set into a flat-bottomed body, pushed along wood to remove thin shavings and make the surface even.

Definition in Japanese平らな台に刃を仕込み、木の表面を薄く削って平らに仕上げる手工具。

Example sentences

• あのドアの縁(ふち)に鉋(かんな)をかけたとき、君(きみ)の鉋(かんな)、すごくよく切(き)れたよ。🔊

  Your hand plane worked beautifully when I planed the edge of that door.

• この鉋(かんな)、なんで何度(なんど)やっても木(き)に食(く)い込(こ)むんだろう？🔊

  Why does this hand plane keep digging into the wood?

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