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There are 13 total results for your katana search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
dāo
    dao1
tao
 katana(p); tou / katana(p); to
    かたな(P); とう

More info & calligraphy:

Katana
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把[ba3]; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs
(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

両腰

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 ryougoshi / ryogoshi
    りょうごし
katana and wakizashi

打刀

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 uchigatana
    うちがたな
(See 刀・1) katana; var. of Japanese long sword

片名

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piān míng
    pian1 ming2
p`ien ming
    pien ming
 katana
    かたな
movie title
(place-name) Katana

竹光

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 takemitsu
    たけみつ
(1) bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.); bamboo imitation sword; (2) dull sword; (surname) Takemitsu

諸腰

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 morokoshi; morogoshi
    もろこし; もろごし
(rare) (See 両腰) katana and wakizashi

佳多奈

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 katana
    かたな
(female given name) Katana

日本刀

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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

武士刀

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wǔ shì dāo
    wu3 shi4 dao1
wu shih tao
katana

抜き打ち

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 nukiuchi
    ぬきうち
(1) drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; (2) doing something suddenly, without warning

上毛野形名

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 kamitsukenukatana
    かみつけぬかたな
(person) Kamitsukenu Katana

Variations:
打刀
打ち刀

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 uchigatana
    うちがたな
(See 刀・1) katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)

Variations:
抜き打ち
抜打ち

see styles
 nukiuchi
    ぬきうち
(1) drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
This page contains 13 results for "katana" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

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