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やり
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Meanings
Noun
1. spear; lance
2. javelin
3. lance
Other spellings
槍やり
Kanji in other spellings
槍spear
Pitch accent
やり
Used in vocabulary
投なげやり
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible; offhand
Na-adjective
一いっ本ぽん槍やり
sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.); never deviating from; persisting with; focusing solely on; devotion to; single spear; one's sole talent; one's only forte
Noun
一いち番ばん槍やり
the first to thrust a spear (at the enemy); the first to achieve fame; the first to achieve merit
Noun
槍やり投なげ
javelin (throw)
Noun
投なげ槍やり
throwing spear; javelin
Noun
槍やり持もち
spear carrier (for the master of a samurai family)
Noun
竹たけ槍やり戦せん術じゅつ
tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe
Noun
馬ば上じょう槍やり試じ合あい
jousting match; joust; tournament (medieval)
Noun
槍やり使つかい
spearman
Noun
Examples3
He hurled a spear at his enemy.
The soldier worries about spears.
I'll be there rain or shine.