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    刀

    刀かたな

    sword (esp. Japanese single-edged)

    N3KMT7News #12+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab2 strokes

    かたなとう

    Noun

    1.
    sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana
    2.
    scalpel
    3.
    chisel, burin, graver
    4.
    knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

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    侍さむらいは刀かたなを持もっています。

    A samurai carries a sword.

    KMT4Culture & TraditionsHistory
    日に本ほん刀とうは世せか界い中じゅうで高たかく評ひょう価かされています。

    Japanese swords are highly regarded all over the world.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistory
    刀とう剣けん博はく物ぶつ館かんでは、様さま々ざまな時じ代だいの刀かたなが展てん示じされています。

    At the sword museum, swords from various eras are exhibited.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistoryArt & Design
    刀かたなは武ぶ士しの魂たましいとまで言いわれ、特とく別べつな存そん在ざいでした。

    Swords were even called the soul of the samurai, and were a special existence.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    刀かたなの研ときしはそのぎ師じゅは、その技つを術だいを代だ々い受うけ継ついでいます。

    Sword polishers inherit their techniques from generation to generation.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    刀
    かたな・そり…(5)
    sword・saber・knife
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