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刀かたな

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Common
Pitch accent
か た な
か た な
Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana
    「刀かたなの投擲とうてきの練習れんしゅう？」「すっぽ抜ぬけただけです」
    "Practising sword throwing?" "It just slipped out of my hands."
  2. 2
    JMdict
    scalpel
    Only applies to とう
  3. 3
    JMdict
    chisel; burin; graver
    Only applies to とう
    See also: 彫刻刀 (ちょうこくとう)
  4. 4
    JMdict
    knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
    Only applies to とう
    See also: 刀銭 (とうせん)
  5. 5
    Wikipedia
    EN

    Historically, katana (刀) were one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (日本刀 nihontō) that were used by the samurai of feudal Japan. The katana is characterized by its distinctive appearance: a curved, slender, single-edged blade with…

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Other entries with this writing
かたな Katana とう Tou
Kanji
刀 トウ sword, saber, knife
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「刀かたなの投擲とうてきの練習れんしゅう？」「すっぽ抜ぬけただけです」
"Practising sword throwing?" "It just slipped out of my hands."
彼かれは鋼はがねを鍛きたえて刀かたなを作つくった。
He forged the steel into a sword.
二人ふたりの刀かたながガチッと切きりあった。
Their swords clashed.
江戸時代えどじだい、武士ぶしは刀かたなを２本にほん刺さしていた。
A samurai in the Edo era carried two swords.
この刀かたなには不思議ふしぎないわれがある。
This sword has a strange history.
その刀かたなは王子おうじにふさわしい。
That sword is fit for a prince.
闘士とうしは両手りょうてで刀かたなを二に振ふり持もって最後さいごまで敵てきと勇敢ゆうかんに戦たたかった。
Swinging their swords with two hands, the warriors bravely battled their enemies to the end.
剣道けんどうでは、竹たけでできた刀かたなのような棒ぼうをそれぞれ身みに着つけた2人ふたりが試合しあいします。
Kendo involves dueling between two people who are each equipped with a sword-like stave made of bamboo.
こんな刀かたなが欲ほしい！
I want a sword like this!
俺おれの刀かたなはどこだ？
Where's my sword?

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