押っ取り刀 – vocab dash

押おっ取とり刀がたな

Meanings

Noun

1. making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared

2. rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

Other spellings

おっとり刀がたな

Kanji used

押push 取take 刀katana

Pitch accent

おっとりがたな

Composed of

押おっ

vigorously ...; suddenly ...

Prefix

取とり

taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

Noun

刀かたな

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana

Noun