Word · 単語
器
Reading うつわ
bowl
- 1 bowl, vessel, container
- 2 ability, capacity, calibre, caliber
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例文 · examples
彼は将来国家の棟梁たるべき器だ。
He has the capacity to be a future leader of the nation.
sense 2 · ability
いくら器だけを日本一にしても、中身が三流やったらな〜んの意味もないんちゃうの?
The container may be the best in Japan, but if the contents are third class, then isn't it completely meaningless?
sense 1 · bowl
しかしながら、食べ物を器から口まで運ぶ必要があり、その必要性に応えるために、はしが現れたのだった。
There was, however, a need for food to be carried from the bowl to the mouth, and chopsticks came along to meet that need.
sense 1 · bowl