Word · 単語
刀
Reading かたな
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged)
- 1 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana
- 2 scalpel
- 3 chisel, burin, graver
- 4 knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
N3
JLPT
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strokes
#4356
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
この刀には不思議ないわれがある。
This sword has a strange history.
sense 1 · sword (esp. Japanese single-edged)
江戸時代、武士は刀を２本刺していた。
A samurai in the Edo era carried two swords.
sense 1 · sword (esp. Japanese single-edged)
その刀は王子にふさわしい。
That sword is fit for a prince.
二人の刀がガチッと切りあった。
Their swords clashed.
sense 1 · sword (esp. Japanese single-edged)
彼は鋼を鍛えて刀を作った。
He forged the steel into a sword.
sense 1 · sword (esp. Japanese single-edged)