Word Meaning 竹刀

しない shinai

竹刀 is read as しない (shinai) and means bamboo sword (for kendo).

Meaning

English

bamboo sword (for kendo)
bamboo fencing stick

Reading

Kana

しない

Romaji

shinai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 10351 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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竹節人参

ちくせつにんじん

Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)

竹井美術館

たけいびじゅつかん

Takei Art Museum

竹製

たけせい

made of bamboo

竹矢来

たけやらい

bamboo enclosure

竹小豆

たけあずき

ricebean (Vigna umbellata)

竹器

ちっき

bamboo ware

竹の節

たけのふし

node (joint) of a bamboo

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

Example Sentences

剣道は竹刀と防具を使って行う日本の武道です。

Kendo is a Japanese martial art which uses bamboo swords and protective armour.