Kanji剣
Readingけん
Frequency65%
Used in (112 in total)
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
magic sword; cursed sword
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
holy sword; sacred sword
large sword; long sword
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
master swordsman
to draw a sword
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
sword skills; swordsmanship
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
bokken; wooden sword
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)
point of a sword
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
sword dance
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
risky; dangerous; insecure
treasured sword
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
bayonet; guns and swords
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
to cross swords (with)
sword blade
sword strike; sword slash
great swordsman; master fencer
gladiator
swordsmanship; line drawn by the tip of a sword when slashing
master swordsman; skilled fencer
double-edged sword
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
aura of a sword; spirit of a sword
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
drawing one's sword
famous sword; excellent sword
way of the sword; swordsmanship
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing
tip of a sword; point of a sword
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
great sword; grand sword
sword possessing mystical powers; virtuous sword
fencing; kendo
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
kendo gi; kendo uniform
light emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
wearing a sword; sword one is wearing
sword play; samurai drama
fixing a bayonet
sword that cuts iron
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
serious relationship (esp. one with the prospect of marriage)
sharp sword; keen blade; Buddha's wisdom (which destroys worldly desires and evil spirits); sharp sword of wisdom
sword of Damocles
bronze sword
life-taking sword; sword used to kill
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword
rough scolding; upbraiding; tongue-lashing; dressing-down
(calamity of) perishing by the sword; being wounded by the sword
fierce battle; intense combat
Western sword (esp. sabre)
the pen is mightier than the sword
unpropitious direction
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position
sword shape
stegosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Stegosauria)
curt; blunt; brusque
saber-toothed tiger (sabre)
xiphoid process; ensiform cartilage
Seiken Densetsu (lit: Holy Sword Legend), a.k.a. "... of Mana" (RPG series)
sacred sword and jewels (imperial regalia)
Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons
to angrily reject; to snub; to give a person a good scolding; to give a person a rap on the knuckles
form of modern martial art using the bayonet
to burst out in anger
Sword Devil (collection of short stories by Renzaburō Shibata and 1965 film)
xiphoid process; chondroxiphoid
archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general
steep; precipitous
swordtip squid (Uroteuthis edulis)
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; (lit.) to drop one's sword (in the river) and carve (a mark) on the boat (to mark the spot where the sword was dropped)
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
cyclops (any minute crustacean of genus Cyclops)
cold sharp sword; blade of ice