sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
magic sword; cursed sword
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
sword skills; swordsmanship
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
risky; dangerous; insecure
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
great swordsman; master fencer
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
famous sword; excellent sword
way of the sword; swordsmanship
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
tip of a sword; point of a sword
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing
sword possessing mystical powers; virtuous sword
sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (tapered, unlike a regular nata)
to wear a sword at one's side
kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period
light emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
sword play; samurai drama
serious relationship (esp. one with the prospect of marriage)
life-taking sword; sword used to kill
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
(calamity of) perishing by the sword; being wounded by the sword
rough scolding; upbraiding; tongue-lashing; dressing-down
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword
Western sword (esp. sabre)
the pen is mightier than the sword
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position
stegosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Stegosauria)
saber-toothed tiger (sabre)
xiphoid process; ensiform cartilage
sacred sword and jewels (imperial regalia)
Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)
form of modern martial art using the bayonet
xiphoid (relating to the lower part of the sternum); chondroxiphoid
to angrily reject; to snub; to give a person a good scolding; to give a person a rap on the knuckles
archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general
honey in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
jūkenbō; "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
Ceremony for Inheriting the Imperial Regalia and Seals
swordtip squid (Photololigo edulis)
cyclops (any minute crustacean of genus Cyclops)
cold sharp sword; blade of ice