忍刀

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

忍刀 (hiragana しのびがたな, rōmaji shinobigatana)

  1. a katana-like ninja short sword

Synonyms

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