スコップ

すこっぷ

noun

shovel; scoop; trowel

1. shovel; scoop; trowel

a tool with a handle and a broad blade for digging or moving soil, sand, or snow; covers both small hand trowels and full-size shovels

スコップで土(つち)を掘(ほ)る。

To dig soil with a shovel.

子供(こども)が砂場(すなば)でスコップを使(つか)っている。

The child is using a shovel in the sandbox.

スコップで雪(ゆき)をどけた。

I cleared the snow with a shovel.

Etymology

From Dutch "schop" (shovel).

Watch out

スコップ and シャベル overlap, and which one names the big tool and which the small one depends on the region. In eastern Japan the full-size shovel is usually スコップ and the small hand trowel シャベル; in western Japan it tends to be the reverse. (The industrial standard calls the one with a step for the foot シャベル.) In practice either word is understood for either tool.

Common collocations

スコップで掘(ほ)る (to dig with a shovel)
雪(ゆき)かき用(よう)のスコップ (a snow shovel)
園芸用(えんげいよう)スコップ (a garden trowel)

Related words

シャベル (shovel)
鍬(くわ) (hoe)
移植(いしょく)ごて (transplanting trowel)

Related Words

Related: しゃべる (shovel)

Related: 鍬(くわ) (hoe)

Compare: 鋤(すき) (spade)

Compare: 移植(いしょく)ごて (garden trowel)

Related: 砂場(すなば) (sandbox, sandpit)

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Added 2026.1.25 20:39 · Revised 2026.10.11 9:21

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