のみ

のみ
noun
chisel
1. chisel
A hand tool with a sharp beveled edge used for carving, cutting, or shaping wood, stone, or metal. Typically struck with a mallet to drive it into the material.
のみと槌(つち)を使(つか)って木(き)を彫(ほ)る。
I carve wood using a chisel and mallet.
大工(だいく)さんがのみで溝(みぞ)を掘(ほ)った。
The carpenter cut a groove with a chisel.
のみの刃(は)を砥石(といし)で研(と)いだ。
I sharpened the chisel blade on a whetstone.

KANJI WRITING:

  • 鑿(のみ) (rarely used, complex kanji)
  • Usually written in hiragana

TYPES OF CHISELS:

  • 追入(おいいれ)のみ (paring chisel - for fine work)
  • 叩(たた)きのみ (firmer chisel - struck with mallet)
  • 丸(まる)のみ (gouge - curved blade)
  • 平(ひら)のみ (flat chisel)

RELATED TOOLS:

  • 槌(つち)/木槌(きづち) (mallet)
  • かんな (plane)
  • 砥石(といし) (whetstone)
  • たがね (cold chisel - for metal)

COLLOCATIONS:

  • のみを入(い)れる (to apply the chisel)
  • のみで削(けず)る (to shave with a chisel)
  • のみで彫(ほ)る (to carve with a chisel)
  • のみを研(と)ぐ (to sharpen a chisel)

Related Words

Related: 砥石(といし) (whetstone)
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Added 2026.1.18 8:52 · Revised 2026.1.19 21:17
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