けん
Meanings
Noun
1. sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade
If the sword doesn't work, we have no choice but to attack with magic.
2. bayonet
when read as "けん"
3. swordsmanship
when read as "けん"
That's why I want to train in swordsmanship.
4. stinger; ovipositor; dart
when read as "けん"
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (72 in total)
curt; blunt; brusque
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
rough scolding; upbraiding; tongue-lashing; dressing-down
(calamity of) perishing by the sword; being wounded by the sword
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
point of a sword
sword play; samurai drama
stegosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Stegosauria)
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
sword that cuts iron
life-taking sword; sword used to kill
magic sword; cursed sword
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
holy sword; sacred sword
large sword; long sword
master swordsman
to draw a sword
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
sword skills; swordsmanship
bokken; wooden sword
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
bayonet; guns and swords
gladiator
to cross swords (with)
great swordsman; master fencer
double-edged sword
double-edged sword
swordsmanship; line drawn by the tip of a sword when slashing
master swordsman; skilled fencer
master swordsman; skilled fencer
sword belt
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
aura of a sword; spirit of a sword
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
famous sword; excellent sword
way of the sword; swordsmanship
great sword; grand sword
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing
sword possessing mystical powers; virtuous sword
swordsmith
sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (tapered, unlike a regular nata)
to wear a sword at one's side
kendo gi; kendo uniform
sword-shaped
wearing a sword; sword one is wearing
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
sharp sword; keen blade; Buddha's wisdom (which destroys worldly desires and evil spirits); sharp sword of wisdom
sword of Damocles
bronze sword
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position
Western sword (esp. sabre)
sword shape
sacred sword and jewels (imperial regalia)
cyclops (any minute crustacean of genus Cyclops)
Sword Devil (collection of short stories by Renzaburō Shibata and 1965 film)
jūkenbō; "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts
honey in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt
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; (lit.) to drop one's sword (in the river) and carve (a mark) on the boat (to mark the spot where the sword was dropped)
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
keystone
fencer; swordsman
Examples (44 in total)
He was killed with a sword.
My sword is my life.
Clash swords head-on.