ちゃわん
rice bowl
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Examples
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.
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.
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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