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Meanings
Noun
1. sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana
青
あお
く
白
しろ
く
輝
かがや
く
光
ひかり
はまっすぐに
伸
の
びて
刀
かたな
の
形
かたち
になる。
The light shining blue and white stretches straight out and takes the shape of a sword.
2. scalpel
when read as "とう"
3. chisel; burin; graver
when read as "とう"
4. knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
when read as "とう"
Alt. forms
刀
かたな
98%
カタナ
1%
とう
Pitch accent
と
う
Used in vocabulary (59 in total)
にほん
とう
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
だい
とう
(Japanese) long sword; large sword; guandao; Chinese glaive
しちし
とう
Shichishitō; Seven-Branched Sword; ancient ceremonial iron sword with six branch-like protrusions kept at Isonokami Shrine
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Examples (12 in total)
綺
き
麗
れい
な
とう
だな。
It's a beautiful sword.
俺
おれ
の
とう
はどこだ？
Where's my sword?
こんな
とう
が
欲
ほ
しい！
I want a sword like this!
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