Word Meaning おっとり刀

おっとりがたな ottorigatana

おっとり刀 is read as おっとりがたな (ottorigatana) and means rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist.

Meaning

English

  1. rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist
  2. making great haste, having been caught off guard
  3. scurrying unprepared

Reading

Kana

おっとりがたな

Romaji

ottorigatana

Writing Variants

  • 押っ取り刀 おっとりがたな ottorigatana

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 126031 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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とう

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大刀

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

木刀

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wooden sword

日本刀

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Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

小刀

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(small) knife

一刀

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single stroke

竹刀

しない

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短刀

たんとう

short sword

宝刀

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懐刀

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confidant

執刀

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生大刀

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sword brimming over with life force