Keyword
sword
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Jōyō 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1801
Old form
Readings
けん
(65%)
Composed of
consensus
knife
Mnemonic

A sword is a knife big enough to immediately create consensus.

Used in vocabulary (117 in total)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to draw a sword
large sword; long sword
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
magic sword; cursed sword
holy sword; sacred sword
sword skills; swordsmanship
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
point of a sword
risky; dangerous; insecure
master swordsman
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
bokken; wooden sword
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
to cross swords (with)
treasured sword
sword dance
great swordsman; master fencer
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
bayonet; guns and swords
fencer; swordsman
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
sword blade
way of the sword; swordsmanship
famous sword; excellent sword
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
drawing one's sword
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing
tip of a sword; point of a sword
gladiator
fencing; kendo
to wear a sword at one's side
sword possessing mystical powers; virtuous sword
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
light emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword
kendo gi; kendo uniform
kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
wearing a sword
sword play; samurai drama
sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (tapered, unlike a regular nata)
sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period
fixing a bayonet
sharp sword
sword that cuts iron
life-taking sword; sword used to kill
Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi (heavenly gathering of clouds sword; one of the three Imperial regalia)
serious relationship (esp. one with the prospect of marriage)
rough scolding; upbraiding; tongue-lashing; dressing-down
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
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword
bronze sword
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword
the pen is mightier than the sword
Western sword (esp. sabre)
unpropitious direction
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position
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
mountain of swords; mountain in hell covered in swords (with their tips pointing upward)
saber-toothed tiger (sabre)
xiphoid process; ensiform cartilage
sacred sword and jewels (imperial regalia)
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position
rough scolding; upbraiding; tongue-lashing; dressing-down
form of modern martial art using the bayonet
xiphoid (relating to the lower part of the sternum); chondroxiphoid
archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general
to angrily reject; to snub; to give a person a good scolding; to give a person a rap on the knuckles
Ceremony for Inheriting the Imperial Regalia and Seals
steep; precipitous
ancient longsword
to burst out in anger
swordtip squid (Photololigo edulis)
Murakumo no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the 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
honey in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt
new moon; crescent moon
cold sharp sword; blade of ice
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
hilt of a sword
Examples (33 in total)
He was killed with a sword.
My sword is my life.
Are you seriously thinking about pursuing a career as a race car driver?