かんな – vocab dash

かんな

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Meanings

Noun

1. plane (woodworking tool) (Usually kana)

Other spellings

鉋かんな

Other readings

Kanji in other spellings

Pitch accent

かんな

Used in vocabulary

wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction

Noun

wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade

Noun

plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

Noun

planing (wood)

Noun

Examples1

ドアが枠わくに合ごうわなければ合あうまでドアにかんなをかけなければならない。

If a door doesn't fit the casing, we must plane it carefully until it does.