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ちゃわん

rice bowl

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Examples

  1. ちゃわんにご飯を入れます。

    ちゃわんにごはんをいれます。

    I put rice in the bowl.

  2. このちゃわんは母のです。

    このちゃわんはははのです。

    This rice bowl is my mother's.

  3. ちゃわんを持って、はしでご飯を食べます。

    ちゃわんをもって、はしでごはんをたべます。

    You hold the bowl and eat the rice with chopsticks.

Common patterns

ちゃわんを持つ
hold one's rice bowl
ごはんちゃわん
rice bowl
ちゃわんを洗う
wash the bowls

Memory tip

Written 茶碗, literally a tea bowl, but in everyday use it is the small bowl your rice comes in. A plate is お皿 and a deep soup bowl is おわん.

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