けん
Meanings
Noun
1. 刃が両側についている刃物。
Kanji used
sword
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (66 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。
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
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
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
large sword; long sword
master swordsman
to draw a sword
① 長い剣。② 時計の長い針。
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)
point of a sword
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
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。
to cross swords (with)
bayonet; guns and swords
great swordsman; master fencer
fencer; swordsman
fencer; swordsman
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
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
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 play; samurai drama
sword that cuts iron
sharp sword
sword of Damocles
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)
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
bronze sword
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword
Western sword (esp. sabre)
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)
sword shape
sacred sword and jewels (imperial regalia)
① 荒々しく叱り付けること。また、そのことば。
honey in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt
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
cyclops (any minute crustacean of genus Cyclops)
Examples (7 in total)
He was killed with a sword.
My sword is my life.
He bought a shield and a sword.