刀 (katana)
sword,saber,knife,engraving tool
- JLPT N3
- noun
- Pitch 3
- #6394 most frequent
Meaning
刀 (かたな, katana) is a JLPT N3 noun meaning “sword,saber,knife,engraving tool”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
日本 映画で 刀を 見た。
I saw a sword in a Japanese movie.
田刀、田頭とも。
Tato (
刀の 投擲の 練習?
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伝家の 宝刀をぬく。
Play one's trump card.
刀身の短い打刀(太刀)。
This is Uchigatana (or Tachi) with a short blade.
その刀は改造されていた。
That blade was remodeled.
僕は 単刀直入に 尋ねたよ。
I asked him point-blank.
その 刀は 王子にふさわしい。
That sword is fit for a prince.
太刀の佩用方法は腰から吊るす。
Tachi (
長大な刀身を持つ打刀(太刀)。
Uchigatana (or Tachi) with a long blade.
後、警視庁抜刀隊(新選旅団)員。
Later he became a member of the drawn sword squad (Shinsen Ryodan [soldiers who are recruited by the government in order to suppress Saigo's army]) of Keishi-cho (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department).
この 刀は 不思議ないわれがある。
This sword has a strange history.