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Kanji 刀 Words: Meanings and Readings

刀

かたな

knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

木刀

ぼくとう

wooden sword

日本刀

にほんとう

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

太刀

たち

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

小刀

こがたな

(small) knife

一刀

いっとう

single stroke

刀剣

とうけん

sword

大刀

だいとう

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

竹刀

しない

bamboo sword (for kendo)

短刀

たんとう

short sword

剃刀

かみそり

razor

鋏

はさみ

hole punch

太刀打ち

たちうち

crossing swords

宝刀

ほうとう

treasured sword

一刀両断

いっとうりょうだん

cutting in two with a single stroke

懐刀

ふところがたな

confidant

執刀

しっとう

performing a surgical operation

単刀直入

たんとうちょくにゅう

straight to the point

オッカムの剃刀

オッカムのかみそり

Occam's razor

カミソリ負け

かみそりまけ

razor rash

なた豆

なたまめ

sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)

ハンロンの剃刀

ハンロンのかみそり

Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity")

マテ貝

まてがい

razor clam (Solen strictus)

むね打ち

むねうち

striking with the back of the sword

愛刀

あいとう

favorite sword

安全剃刀

あんぜんかみそり

safety razor

一足一刀

いっそくいっとう

distance in sword combat where approaching one more step allows hitting one's opponent

一太刀

ひとたち

stroke of sword

一刀彫り

いっとうぼり

one-knife carving

印刀

いんとう

seal-engraving knife

円刃刀

えんじんとう

round-edged scalpel

押っ取り刀

おっとりがたな

rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

快刀

かいとう

sharp sword

快刀乱麻

かいとうらんま

solving a problem swiftly and skillfully

快刀乱麻を断つ

かいとうらんまをたつ

to cut the Gordian knot

割鶏牛刀

かっけいぎゅうとう

using a meat ax when a knife would suffice

環頭大刀

かんとうのたち

sword with a round pommel

甘辛両党

あまからりょうとう

taste for both wines and sweets

儀刀

ぎとう

ceremonial sword

儀礼刀

ぎれいとう

ceremonial sword

弓は袋に太刀は鞘

ゆみはふくろにたちはさや

the world is at peace

弓馬刀槍

きゅうばとうそう

archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship

牛刀

ぎゅうとう

butcher's knife

居合刀

いあいがたな

practice sword used in iaido

曲刀

きょくとう

curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.)

軍刀

ぐんとう

military sword

血刀

ちがたな

bloody sword (blade)

古刀

ことう

old sword

護身刀

ごしんとう

sword used for self-defense

黒太刀魳

くろたちかます

snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)

腰刀

こしがたな

short guardless sword worn on the hip

作刀

さくとう

Japanese sword making

殺人刀

さつじんとう

(killing) sword

錆刀

さびがたな

sword with rusted edge

三刀流

さんとうりゅう

player who can play as pitcher, fielder and batter

山刀

やまがたな

woodman's hatchet

斬馬刀

ざんばとう

zanbatō

刺刀

さすが

dagger

執刀医

しっとうい

surgeon

守り刀

まもりがたな

sword for self-defense

手刀

てがたな

hand used like a sword in striking

手刀を切る

てがたなをきる

to make a ceremonial hand movement when receiving the monetary award

受け太刀

うけだち

being on the defensive

秋刀魚

さんま

Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)

秋刀魚は目黒に限る

さんまはめぐろにかぎる

Pacific saury is only good if it's from Meguro

銃刀法

じゅうとうほう

Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons

銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法

じゅうほうとうけんるいしょじとうとりしまりほう

Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons

助太刀

すけだち

helper

小太刀

こだち

short sword

小刀細工

こがたなざいく

carving with a knife

焼刃

やきば

tempered blade

飾太刀

かざりたち

mock sword for ceremonial use

新刀

しんとう

newly forged sword

生大刀

いくたち

sword brimming over with life force

石馬刀貝

いしまてがい

date shell (Lithophaga curta)

足刀

そくとう

outer edge of the foot (from little toe to heel) (karate)

太刀さばき

たちさばき

swordplay

太刀魚

たちうお

largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus)

太刀筋

たちすじ

swordsmanship

太刀持ち

たちもち

rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony

太刀先

たちさき

point of a sword

太刀打ちできる

たちうちできる

to be a good match (for)

太刀袋

たちぶくろ

long sword cloth bag

太刀二腰

たちふたこし

two swords

打刀

うちがたな

katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)

帯刀

たいとう

wearing a sword

帯刀御免

たいとうごめん

a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)

大太刀

おおだち

extra-long sword

彫刻刀

ちょうこくとう

graver

長太刀

ながだち

ancient longsword

長刀

ちょうとう

long sword

長刀一枝

ちょうとういっし

one long sword

長柄刀

ながえがたな

long, two-handed sword

鳥頭の太刀

とりがしらのたち

long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel

直刀

ちょくとう

straight sword

剃刀研ぎ

かみそりとぎ

one who sharpens razors

剃刀触

かみそりかぶれ

razor rash

剃刀砥

かみそりど

razor strop

天下の宝刀

てんかのほうとう

one's last resort

伝家の宝刀

でんかのほうとう

treasured family sword