Keyword
mow down
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jinmeiyō 
?
KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2441
Readings
な
(80%)
なぎ
(18%)
Composed of
blades of grass
pheasant
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
sweeping sideways; mowing down
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword
art of using a naginata
sweeping sideways; mowing down
shaving one's head (esp. upon entering the Buddhist priesthood); tonsure
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)
streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)
Examples (1 in total)
Naginata is one of Japan's traditional martial arts.