Word Meaning 蛮刀

ばんとう bantou

蛮刀 is read as ばんとう (bantou) and means barbarian's sword.

Meaning

English

barbarian's sword

Reading

Kana

ばんとう

Romaji

bantou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 136018 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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蛮行

ばんこう

act of barbarity

蛮勇

ばんゆう

foolhardiness

刀

とう

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

大刀

たち

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

木刀

ぼくた

wooden sword

日本刀

にほんとう

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

小刀

こがたな

(small) knife

一刀

いっとう

single stroke

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

懐刀

ふところがたな

confidant