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    3. 短刀

    短刀

    短たん刀とう

    short sword

    KMT10News #45+1Ref L2NounMilitaryKanji Vocab14 strokes

    たんとう

    Noun

    1.
    short sword, knife, dagger, dirk, tantō

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは短たん刀とうを腰こしに差さしていた。

    He had a dagger tucked into his waist.

    KMT7Military
    特とく殊しゅ部ぶ隊たいの兵へい士しは、接せっ近きん戦せんのために短たん刀とうを携けい行こうする。

    Special forces soldiers carry daggers for close-quarters combat.

    KMT9Military
    古こ代だいの儀ぎ式しきでは、神しん聖せいな短たん刀とうが用もちいられることがあった。

    In ancient rituals, sacred daggers were sometimes used.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな短たん刀とうは、美び術じゅつ品ひんとしても評ひょう価かが高たかい。

    Traditional Japanese daggers are highly valued as works of art.

    KMT10MilitaryArt & DesignCulture & Traditions
    武ぶ士しは、大だい小しょう二に本ほんの刀かたなを帯おび、そのうち短みじかい方ほうを短たん刀とうと呼よんだ。

    Samurai wore two swords, long and short, and the shorter one was called a tantō.

    KMT10MilitaryHistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    短
    みじか.い…(1)
    short・brevity・fault・defect・weak point
    刀
    かたな・そり…(5)
    sword・saber・knife
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