たち
Meanings
Noun
1. long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword
2. straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
when read as "たち"
3. guandao; Chinese glaive
when read as "だいとう"
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
swordsmanship
extra-long sword
largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus); scabbard fish; beltfish
stroke of sword
swordplay; swordsmanship
point of a sword; forceful debate
sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword); rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
sword brimming over with life force
the world is at peace; (lit.) bows in bags and swords in sheaths
long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)