JinmeiyōPre-Level 1

Meaning

Kanji 薙

mow down (the enemy)

mow down (the enemy)

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
か.るな.ぐなぎ
Onyomi 音読み
テイ
Nanori 名乗り
なぎ
Jōyō
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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
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Showing 10 of 10 entries that include this kanji.

なぎ倒す

なぎたおす

to defeat

薙ぎ払う

なぎはらう

to mow down

薙ぐ

なぐ

to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.)

薙刀

なぎなた

naginata

薙刀術

なぎなたじゅつ

art of using a naginata

横薙ぎ

よこなぎ

sweeping sideways

水薙鳥

みずなぎどり

petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)

草薙の剣

くさなぎのつるぎ

Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)

大水薙鳥

おおみずなぎどり

streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)

かんなぎ

medium

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

騎兵隊は敵陣を一気にぎ倒した。

The cavalry mowed down the enemy line in one charge.

強い風が畑の麦をいだ。

A strong wind mowed down the wheat in the field.

庭の草を鎌でいだ。

I cut down the grass in the garden with a sickle.

彼は伸びすぎた前髪を短くいだ。

He trimmed his overgrown bangs short.

刀の一振りで竹をいだ。

He cut down the bamboo with a single swing of the sword.