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    3. 竹刀

    竹刀

    竹しな刀い

    bamboo sword (for kendo)

    KMT10News #34+1Ref L2NounSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    しないちくとう

    Noun

    1.
    bamboo sword (for kendo), bamboo fencing stick
    martial arts
    2.
    bamboo sword

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    剣けん道どうで竹しな刀いを使つかいます。

    We use bamboo swords in kendo.

    KMT7Sports & Martial Arts
    彼かれは新あたらしい竹しな刀いを買かいに行いった。

    He went to buy a new bamboo sword.

    KMT10Sports & Martial Arts
    竹しな刀いの音おとだけが道どう場じょうに響ひびき渡わたっていた。

    Only the sound of bamboo swords echoed through the dojo.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions
    剣けん道どうの練れん習しゅうでは、竹しな刀いを正ただしく握にぎることが重じゅう要ようだ。

    In kendo practice, it's important to hold the bamboo sword correctly.

    KMT10Sports & Martial Arts
    竹しな刀いは、日に本ほんの武ぶ道どうである剣けん道どうの象しょう徴ちょう的てきな道どう具ぐだ。

    The bamboo sword is a symbolic tool of Kendo, a Japanese martial art.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    竹
    たけ…(2)
    bamboo
    刀
    かたな・そり…(5)
    sword・saber・knife
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