捌く

さばく

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to handle well; to handle deftly
2. to deal with; to manage; to settle; to sort; to process
3. to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.); to cut and trim (fish)
4. to sell out (completely); to dispose of (all stock)
5. to untangle; to disentangle; to part; to arrange (e.g. the hem of a kimono)

Kanji

• 捌 handle; deal with; dispose of. Read as さばく.

Example sentences

• 日本では、料理人がフグを捌くためには、特別な試験を受けなければならない。
  In Japan, chefs must take a special exam to be allowed to prepare pufferfish.

Related forms

• 捌ける (さばける) to sell well (intransitive partner)

Words containing 捌く

• 捌きは付けから (サバキはツケから) attach to make sabaki

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