Word Meaning 薙刀

なぎなた naginata

薙刀 is read as なぎなた (naginata) and means naginata.

Meaning

English

naginata
martial art of wielding the naginata
polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive)

Reading

Kana

なぎなた

Romaji

naginata

Writing Variants

長刀なぎなた naginata
眉尖刀 なぎなた naginata

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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薙刀術

なぎなたじゅつ

art of using a naginata

刀

とう

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)

大刀

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

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

宝刀

ほうとう

treasured sword

剃刀

かみそり

razor