忍刀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忍	刀
しの(び) Grade: S	かたな > がたな Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 忍 (shinobi, “sneaking; ninja”) +‎ 刀 (katana, traditional Japanese curved single-edged sword). The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕino̞bʲiɡa̠ta̠na̠]

Noun

忍(しのび)刀(がたな) • (shinobigatana)

a katana-like ninja short sword, a ninjato

Synonyms

忍(にん)者(じゃ)刀(とう) (ninjatō)

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