Word Meaning 峰打ち

みねうち mineuchi

峰打ち is read as みねうち (mineuchi) and means striking with the back of the sword.

Meaning

English

striking with the back of the sword

Reading

Kana

みねうち

Romaji

mineuchi

Writing Variants

刀背打ち みねうち mineuchi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 126536 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

峰

みね

back of a blade

峰不二子

みねふじこ

Fujiko Mine (Lupin III)

同士打ち

どしうち

internecine strife

舌打ち

したうち

smacking one's lips (with relish)

一騎打ち

いっきうち

personal combat

太刀打ち

たちうち

crossing swords

滅多打ち

めったうち

showering with blows

土竜打ち

もぐらうち

driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshōgatsu)

頭打ち

ずうち

reaching a peak

値打ち

ねうち

estimation

底打ち

そこうち

bottoming out

手打ち

てうち

killing with bare hands

Example Sentences

侍は峰打ちで強盗を倒した。

さむらいはみねうちでごうとうをたおした。

The samurai defeated the robber with a blow from the back of his blade.