| ちゃんばら;チャンバラ | [, chanbara ; chanbara] (n) sword fight |
| ツヴァイハンダー | [, tsuvaihanda-] (n) two-handed sword (ger |
| 三種の神器 | [さんしゅのじんぎ, sanshunojingi] (n) (1) the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels); (2) the three essential status symbols (e.g. cellphone, PC, digital camera) |
| 上段 | [じょうだん, joudan] (n) (1) upper tier; upper section; upper deck; upper row; upper step; upper grade; upper berth; top shelf; (2) (See 上座) place of honor; place of honour; (3) (See 上段の間) dais; raised part of floor; (4) overhead position (of a sword in kendo, etc.) |
| 下段 | [げだん;かだん, gedan ; kadan] (n) (1) lower tier; lower step; lower column; lower berth; bottom shelf; (2) low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.) |
| 下緒;下げ緒 | [さげお, sageo] (n) (See 鞘) cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot |
| 両刃の剣 | [りょうばのけん, ryoubanoken] (n) double-edged sword |
| 儀刀 | [ぎとう, gitou] (n) ceremonial sword |
| 切り捨て | [きりすて, kirisute] (n) (historical) using people of low rank as sword fodder; omission; rounding down; (P) |
| 切り殺す;斬り殺す | [きりころす, kirikorosu] (v5s,vt) to slay; to put somebody to the sword |
| 剣(P);劒(oK);劍(oK) | [けん(P);つるぎ, ken (P); tsurugi] (n) (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) (けん only) bayonet; (3) (けん only) swordsmanship; (4) (けん only) stinger; ovipositor; dart; (P) |
| 剣光 | [けんこう, kenkou] (n) light emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword |
| 剣難 | [けんなん, kennan] (n) the calamity of being killed by the sword |
| 同田貫;胴田貫 | [どうたぬき, doutanuki] (n) (1) Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; (2) sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; (3) in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword |
| 大上段 | [だいじょうだん, daijoudan] (n) raising a sword above one's head (to slay); haughty attitude |
| 大業物 | [おおわざもの, oowazamono] (n) first-rate sword |
| 守り刀 | [まもりがたな, mamorigatana] (n) sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence |
| 居合い;居合 | [いあい, iai] (n) iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards |
| 居合い抜き;居合抜き;居合抜(io) | [いあいぬき, iainuki] (n) (1) (See 居合い) iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; (2) iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares) |
| 履く(P);佩く;穿く;着く;帯く | [はく, haku] (v5k,vt) (1) (usu 履く or 穿く) to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear; (2) (usu. 佩く or 帯く) to affix a sword to one's hip; (3) to affix a bowstring to a bow; (P) |
| 巻藁;巻き藁 | [まきわら, makiwara] (n) straw post for training sword strikes, karate punches and arrow hits |
| 帯刀御免 | [たいとうごめん, taitougomen] (n) a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period) |
| 延べ金;延金 | [のべがね, nobegane] (n) sheet metal; dagger; sword |
| 抜き付け | [ぬきつけ, nukitsuke] (n) {MA} maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately |
| 抜き放す | [ぬきはなす, nukihanasu] (v5s,vt) to unsheathe one's sword |
| 擬斗 | [ぎとう, gitou] (n) (See 殺陣) fight scene; stage combat; staged sword fight |
| 文武兼備 | [ぶんぶけんび, bunbukenbi] (n) well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen |
| 曲刀 | [きょくとう, kyokutou] (n) curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade |
| 柔剣棒 | [じゅうけんぼう, juukenbou] (exp) {MA} juukenbou; "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts |
| 案じる;按じる | [あんじる, anjiru] (v1,vt) (1) (案じる only) (See 案ずる・1) to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; (2) (See 案ずる・2,一計を案じる) to investigate; to consider; to plan; (3) (按じる only) to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand |
| 案ずる;按ずる | [あんずる, anzuru] (vz,vt) (1) (案ずる only) (See 案じる・1) to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; (2) (See 案じる・2) to investigate; to consider; to plan; (3) (按ずる only) to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand |
| 樋 | [とい;ひ;とよ;とゆ, toi ; hi ; toyo ; toyu] (n) (1) trough; gutter; water pipe; flume; chute; (2) (ひ only) coulisse (of a sword blade) |
| 横手 | [よこて(P);よこで, yokote (P); yokode] (n,adj-no) (1) side; beside; (2) feature of a sword blade; (P) |
| 段平 | [だんびら, danbira] (n) broadsword; sword |
| 氷の刃 | [こおりのやいば, koorinoyaiba] (n) gleaming sword |
| 氷刃 | [ひょうじん, hyoujin] (n) sharp, glistening sword |
| 玉鋼 | [たまはがね, tamahagane] (n) steel made from iron sand or black sand (used in sword blades) |
| 生大刀 | [いくたち, ikutachi] (n) (arch) sword brimming over with life force |
| 白兵 | [はくへい, hakuhei] (n) unsheathed sword |
| 白刃一閃 | [はくじんいっせん, hakujin'issen] (n,n-adv) (with) a flash of a drawn sword; brandishing a sword |