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刀かたな
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Meanings
Noun
1. sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana
Other readings
刀とう
Kanji used
刀katana
Pitch accent
かたな
かたな
Used in vocabulary
刀かたな鍛冶かじ
swordsmith
Noun
刀かたな持もち
swordbearer
Noun
刀かたな掛かけ
sword rack
Noun
守まもり刀がたな
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
Noun
長なが柄え刀がたな
long, two-handed sword
Noun
忍しのび刀がたな
ninja sword
Noun
押おっ取とり刀がたな
making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist
Noun
居い合あい刀がたな
practice sword used in iaido
Noun
刀かたな狩がり
sword hunt; sword confiscation
Noun
返かえす刀かたな
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
Expression
Examples6
"Practising sword throwing?" "It just slipped out of my hands."
That sword is fit for a prince.
A samurai in the Edo era carried two swords.
He forged the steel into a sword.
This sword has a strange history.
Their swords clashed.