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剣けん
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Meanings
Noun
1. sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade
2. bayonet
3. swordsmanship
4. stinger; ovipositor; dart
Other readings
剣つるぎ
Kanji used
剣sword
Pitch accent
けん
Used in vocabulary
けんさきいか
swordtip squid (Uroteuthis edulis)
Noun
けんつく
rough scolding; upbraiding; tongue-lashing; dressing-down
Noun
剣けん付つき鉄でっ砲ぽう
fixed bayonet
Noun
剣けん状じょう突とっ起き
xiphoid process; ensiform cartilage
Noun
剣けん闘とう士し
gladiator
Noun
剣けん状じょう軟なん骨こつ
xiphoid process; chondroxiphoid
Noun
けんみじんこ
cyclops (any minute crustacean of genus Cyclops)
Noun
殺さつ人じん剣けん
life-taking sword; sword used to kill
Noun
聖せい剣けん伝でん説せつ
Seiken Densetsu (lit: Holy Sword Legend), a.k.a. "... of Mana" (RPG series)
Noun
Examples8
All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.
He was killed with a sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
We call the mountain Tsurugidake.
He exchanged a plough for a sword.
The soldiers were marching with their swords shining.