斧 おの Meanings Noun axe; ax; hatchet Kanji 斧 ax; hatchet. Read as おの. Example sentences 彼はその大木を斧で切り倒した。He cut down the big tree with an ax. トムは斧を研いだ。Tom sharpened his ax. Common phrases 斧を持つ Words containing 斧 手斧 (ておの) hatchet 蟷螂の斧 (とうろうのおの) courageous but doomed resistance 斧足類 (ふそくるい) pelecypods (i.e. bivalves) And 3 more. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists