Tongs in Japanese

In Japanese

トング

tongu

Definition

Definition in EnglishA tool with two arms joined at one end, squeezed together to pick up and serve food.

Definition in Japanese握って先を閉じ、料理をはさんでつかむ道具。

Synonyms (English): serving tongs

トング見(み)なかった？もうフォークで肉(にく)をひっくり返(かえ)すのは嫌(いや)だからね。
Has anyone seen the tongs? I'm not going to turn over the meat with a fork again.
ゼーおじさんのトング、20年(にじゅうねん)のバーベキューですっかり曲(ま)がっちゃって、もう鶏(とり)のハツより小(ちい)さいものは挟(はさ)めないんだ。
Uncle Zé's tongs are bent from twenty years of barbecues, and they don't grip anything smaller than a chicken heart anymore.
やっとバーベキュー用(よう)の長(なが)いトングを買(か)ったから、これで焼(や)き係(がかり)も腕(うで)の毛(け)を焦(こ)がさずにソーセージを取(と)れるね。
We finally bought long tongs for the barbecue, so whoever's on the grill can pick up the sausages without singeing their arm hair.