器

Meaning

1. n
   bowl; vessel; container
2. n
   ability; capacity; calibre; caliber
3. nn-suf
   device; instrument
4. nn-suf
   vessel; container
5. n
   ability; capacity; calibre; caliber

Example sentences

• 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.

• 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?

• 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.