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刀 kanji
sword, saber, knife
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
トウ
Kun readings
かたなそり
Variant forms
刂釖Words with 刀
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —伝家の宝刀を抜くto employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve
- —銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons
- —卍刀ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears
- —刀泉knife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor
- —ポン刀Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
- —七枝刀shichishitō; Seven-Branched Sword; ancient ceremonial iron sword with six branch-like protrusions kept at Isonokami Shrine
- —青竜刀Chinese sword; falchion
- —新新刀shinshintō; katana forged from the late 18th century up until the sword abolishment edict
- —短刀直入straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
- —両刀遣い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; bisexual (person)
- —甘辛両刀taste for both wines and sweets; having a liking for both alcoholic beverages and sweet things
- —名字帯刀right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
- —両刀づかい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; bisexual (person)
- —両刀つかい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; bisexual (person)
- —殿下の宝刀one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword