jpdb beta

Login or Sign up
とう
Meanings
Noun
1. sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana
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 (51 in total)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
scimitar
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
48 more...
Examples (7 in total)
It's a beautiful sword.
Where's my sword?
I want a sword like this!
4 more...