There are 16 total results for your Sword Japanese search in the dictionary.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
刀 see styles |
dāo dao1 tao tou / to とう |
More info & calligraphy: Katana(1) sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; (2) (とう only) scalpel; (3) (とう only) (See 彫刻刀・ちょうこくとう) chisel; burin; graver; (4) (とう only) (See 刀銭) knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China); (personal name) Tou sword |
剣 see styles |
jiàn jian4 chien mayaka まやか |
More info & calligraphy: Swordsword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) bayonet; (3) swordsmanship; (4) stinger; ovipositor; dart; (female given name) Mayaka |
居合道 see styles |
iaidou / iaido いあいどう |
More info & calligraphy: Iaido |
作刀 see styles |
sakutou / sakuto さくとう |
(n,vs,vt,vi) making a (Japanese) sword; sword making |
大刀 see styles |
dà dāo da4 dao1 ta tao daitou / daito だいとう |
broadsword; large knife; machete (1) (Japanese) long sword; large sword; (2) guandao; Chinese glaive; (surname) Daitou |
打刀 see styles |
uchigatana うちがたな |
(See 刀・1) katana; var. of Japanese long sword |
正宗 see styles |
zhèng zōng zheng4 zong1 cheng tsung masamune まさむね |
orthodox school; fig. traditional; old school; authentic; genuine (1) famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; (2) (colloquialism) sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844); (surname, given name) Masamune correct doctrine |
同田貫 see styles |
doutanuki / dotanuki どうたぬき |
(1) Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; (2) sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; (3) in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword |
日本刀 see styles |
rì běn dāo ri4 ben3 dao1 jih pen tao nihontou(p); nippontou / nihonto(p); nipponto にほんとう(P); にっぽんとう |
Japanese sword; katana Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon |
胴田貫 see styles |
doutanuki / dotanuki どうたぬき |
(1) Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; (2) sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; (3) in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword |
三種の神器 see styles |
sanshunojingi さんしゅのじんぎ |
(exp,n) (1) the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels); three sacred emblems of sovereign rule; the three divine symbols of the Japanese imperial throne; (exp,n) (2) (idiom) (colloquialism) (set of) three status symbols; three necessities |
Variations: |
pontou / ponto ぽんとう |
(abbreviation) (slang) (yakuza slang) (See 日本刀) Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon |
Variations: |
doutanuki / dotanuki どうたぬき |
(1) Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; (2) sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; (3) in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword |
Variations: |
doutanuki; doudanuki / dotanuki; dodanuki どうたぬき; どうだぬき |
(1) (hist) (kana only) Dōtanuki school (Muromachi-period swordsmithing school); (2) (hist) (kana only) sword of the Dōtanuki school (usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords); (3) (kana only) (also as 胴田貫; in fiction) heavy sword |
Variations: |
tachi(p); daitou(大刀, 横刀)(p) / tachi(p); daito(大刀, 横刀)(p) たち(P); だいとう(大刀, 横刀)(P) |
(1) long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; (2) (大刀, たち only) (hist) straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); (3) (大刀, だいとう only) guandao; Chinese glaive |
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nioi におい |
(1) (臭い used for unpleasant smells) smell; scent; odour; odor; stench; (2) aura; whiff; smack; flavour; flavor; mood; (3) faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword |
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