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    3. なで斬り

    なで斬り

    な​で​斬ぎり​

    slashing (with the blade pressed against the object)

    NTNounMilitaryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    なで切り撫で斬り撫で切り撫斬り撫切り

    なでぎり

    Noun

    1.
    slashing (with the blade pressed against the object)
    2.
    mowing down (the enemy), cutting down (one after the other)
    3.
    clean sweep, sweeping conquest

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    斬
    き.る…(4)
    beheading・kill・murder
    Kanji
    な
    na
    Kana
    で
    de
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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