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匙

さじ

spoon

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Examples

  1. 私たちは匙でスープを飲む。

    わたしたちはさじでスープをのむ。

    We eat soup with a spoon.

  2. 砂糖を匙に一杯入れてください。

    さとうをさじにいっぱいいれてください。

    Please put in one spoonful of sugar.

  3. 医者もその病人には匙を投げた。

    いしゃもそのびょうにんにはさじをなげた。

    Even the doctor gave up on that patient.

Common patterns

匙を投げる
to give up (idiom: throw in the spoon)
匙加減
the right touch, fine adjustment
小匙
teaspoon (in recipes)

Memory tip

In modern speech people say スプーン; 匙 survives mainly in recipes (大さじ, 小さじ) and in idioms. 匙を投げる is the doctor tossing away the medicine spoon — giving up as hopeless.

Kanji in this word

  • 匙Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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