どうぬき
Meanings
Noun
1. Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province
2. sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords
3. in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword
Kanji used
torso
rice field
pierce through
Pitch accent
うた
ぬき
Composed of
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
rice field
crosspiece (between pillars, etc.); penetrating tie beam