Word Meaning 鈍刀

どんとう dontou

鈍刀 is read as どんとう (dontou) and means dull or blunt sword.

Meaning

English

dull or blunt sword

Reading

Kana

どんとう

Romaji

dontou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 利刀 Rank 139267 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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鈍器

どんき

blunt weapon

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

執刀

しっとう

performing a surgical operation