刀(かたな), かたな, とう

katana, tō

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • (single-edged) sword; katana
  • dagger; knife
  • scalpel

銃刀法(じゅうとうほう), じゅうとうほう

jūtōhō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)

秋刀魚(さんま), さんま, サンマ

sanma, sanma

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike

太刀打(たちう)ち, たちうち

tachiuchi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • crossing swords; opposition; contention

日本刀(にっぽんがたな), にほんとう

nihontō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Japanese sword

刀剣(とうけん), とうけん

tōken

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • sword; dagger; knife; bayonet

太刀(たち), 大刀(たち), たち, だいとう, たいとう

tachi, daitō, taitō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • long sword

執刀(しっとう), しっとう

shittō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • performing a surgical operation

竹刀(しない), しない

shinai

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • (bamboo) fencing stick

木刀(ぼくとう), ぼくとう

bokutō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • wooden sword

一刀両断(いっとうりょうだん), いっとうりょうだん

ittōryōdan

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive (drastic) measure; cutting the (Gordian) knot

懐刀(ふところがたな), ふところがたな

futokorogatana

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • confidant; right-hand man; dagger

一刀(いっとう), いっとう, ひとかたな

ittō, hitokatana

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • sword; blade
  • single stroke

薙刀(なぎなた), 長刀(なぎなた), 薙(なぎ), 眉(まゆ), なぎなた, ちょうとう

naginata, chōtō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • halberd; long sword

単刀直入(たんとうちょくにゅう), 短刀(たんとう), たんとうちょくにゅう

tantōchokunyū

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • going right to the point; point-blank; without beating about the bush; frankness

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