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Keyword
edge (of a knife or sword)
  • blade
  • sword
  • edge
Frequency
#1763
Strokes
3
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
88
Readings
は100%
Mnemonic
After one clean cut, the katana gleams, and a single droplet slides down the edge (of a knife or sword) and drips onto the floor.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
刃は
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
Noun
刃は物もの
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
Noun
刃やいば
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness
Noun
刃は渡わたり
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
Noun
柳やなぎ刃ば包ぼう丁ちょう
kitchen knife for sashimi
Noun
刃は向むかう
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
Godan verb
出で刃ば
broad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish)
Noun
諸もろ刃は
double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade
No-adjective
刃は先さき
edge of blade
Noun
自じ刃じん
suicide by the sword
Noun
白はく刃じん
drawn sword; naked sword
Noun
切せっ刃ぱ
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
Noun
付つけ焼やき刃ば
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; hasty preparation; stopgap (measure); superficial (polish, knowledge); blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
Noun
片かた刃ば
single edge (e.g. sword blade); single bevel (e.g. kitchen knife)
Noun
出で刃ば包ぼう丁ちょう
broad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish); deba knife
Noun
薄うす刃ば
thin (blade); rectangular-shaped thin-bladed knife (esp. used for vegetables)
Noun
凶きょう刃じん
assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon
Noun