鉄器(てっき)

てっき
noun
ironware; iron tools
toolhistory
1. ironware; iron tools and utensils
Tools, weapons, and vessels made of iron. Used both in archaeology (the iron implements of ancient cultures) and for traditional crafts such as Nanbu ironware kettles.
鉄器(てっき)が出土(しゅつど)した。
Iron tools were excavated.
南部鉄器(なんぶてっき)の急須(きゅうす)でお茶(ちゃ)を入(い)れた。
I made tea in a Nanbu ironware teapot.
弥生(やよい)時代(じだい)には、大陸(たいりく)から稲作(いなさく)とともに鉄器(てっき)や青銅器(せいどうき)が伝(つた)わった。
In the Yayoi period, iron and bronze implements came from the continent along with rice farming.

鉄(てつ) (iron) + 器(き) (vessel, implement).

Common collocations

  • 鉄器(てっき)時代(じだい): the Iron Age
  • 南部鉄器(なんぶてっき): Nanbu ironware (traditional cast iron from Iwate)
  • 鉄器(てっき)の鍋(なべ): cast-iron pot

Similar words

  • 青銅器(せいどうき): bronze ware — the Bronze Age counterpart
  • 石器(せっき): stone tools — the Stone Age counterpart
  • 土器(どき): earthenware, unglazed pottery

Related Words

Compare: 石器(せっき) (stone tools)
Compare: 土器(どき) (earthenware, unglazed pottery)
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