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刀とう
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Meanings
Noun
1. sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana
2. scalpel
3. chisel; burin; graver
4. knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
Other readings
刀かたな
Kanji used
刀katana
Pitch accent
とう
Used in vocabulary
日本にっぽん刀とう
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
Noun
日本にほん刀とう
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
Noun
青せい竜りゅう刀とう
Chinese sword; falchion
Noun
両りょう刀とう遣つかい
double-sword fencing; two-sword fencer; being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
Noun
両りょう刀とう遣づかい
double-sword fencing; two-sword fencer; being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
Noun
彫ちょう刻こく刀とう
chisel; graver
Noun
甘あま辛から両りょう党とう
taste for both wines and sweets; having a liking for both alcoholic beverages and sweet things
Noun
帯たい刀とう御ご免めん
a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)
Noun
苗みょう字じ帯たい刀とう
right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
Noun
護ご身しん刀とう
sword used for self-defense
Noun
模も造ぞう刀とう
metal fake sword (esp. one that greatly resembles a real sword)
Noun
儀ぎ礼れい刀とう
ceremonial sword
Noun
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.