けん
Meanings
Noun
1. 刃が両側についている刃物。
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (65 in total)
① 実際に戦闘で使う刀。② 何かを本気でしようとする様子。
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
sword play; samurai drama
① 荒々しく叱り付けること。また、そのことば。
point of a sword
great swordsman; master fencer
stegosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Stegosauria)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
① 刀や剣などの刃が付いており切ったり突いたりするための道具の総称。
sword that cuts iron
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
sword shape
① 短い剣。② 時計の短い針。
① 聖なる力を持った剣。
magic sword; cursed sword
large sword; long sword
master swordsman
to draw a sword
① 長い剣。② 時計の長い針。
sword skills; swordsmanship
bokken; wooden sword
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
gladiator
to cross swords (with)
bayonet; guns and swords
fencer; swordsman
fencer; swordsman
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
sword belt
famous sword; excellent sword
way of the sword; swordsmanship
① 生け花を固定するために使用される、金属の台にたくさんの針がついた道具。花留め。
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing
sword possessing mystical powers; virtuous sword
swordsmith
sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (tapered, unlike a regular nata)
to wear a sword at one's side
kendo gi; kendo uniform
① 腰に提げる刀剣。
sword-shaped
sharp sword
sword of Damocles
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position
bronze sword
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword
double-edged sword
Western sword (esp. sabre)
sacred sword and jewels (imperial regalia)
cyclops (any minute crustacean of genus Cyclops)
jūkenbō; "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts
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
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
keystone
fencer; swordsman
Examples (7 in total)
He was killed with a sword.
My sword is my life.
He bought a shield and a sword.