Your search matched 108 words.
Search Terms: *剣*

Dictionary results(showing 11-108 of 108 results)


noun
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
Other readings:
活人剣【かつにんけん】

noun
archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship, martial arts in general(yojijukugo)

noun
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia), grass-mowing sword
See also:天叢雲剣
Other readings:
草薙剣【くさなぎのつるぎ】

くちみつはらけん
kuchinimitsuariharaniken-ari
expression
honey in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt(idiom )
Other readings:
口に蜜有り腹に剣有り【くちにみつありはらにけんあり】

noun
fencing, kendo
Other readings:
撃剣【げっけん】

noun
1.
rim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
2.
wrestling ring(sumo term)
3.
dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position
Other readings:
剣ケ峰【けんがみね】
剣が峰【けんがみね】

noun
1.
weapons, arms
2.
fighting with swords, sword fight

noun
light emanating from a sword, shimmering of a sword

noun
needle-point holder (in ikebana), frog
See also:生け花

noun
(art of) fencing, swordsmanship

na-adjective, noun
steep, precipitous
Other readings:
嶮峻【けんしゅん】
剣峻【けんしゅん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun, no-adjective
xiphoid (relating to the lower part of the sternum), chondroxiphoid

noun
kendama, Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
Other readings:
剣玉【けんだま】
拳玉【けんだま】

noun
rough scolding, upbraiding, tongue-lashing, dressing-down(usually kana)
Other readings:
けんつく《剣突》

expression, Godan-su verb
to burst out in anger(obscure)
Other readings:
剣突を食わす【けんつくをくわす】

expression, Ichidan verb
to angrily reject, to snub, to give a person a good scolding, to give a person a rap on the knuckles
Other readings:
剣突を食わせる【けんつくをくわせる】

noun
sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (tapered, unlike a regular nata)
See also:鉈 (なた)

noun
the calamity of being killed by the sword

na-adjective, noun
risky, dangerous, insecure
Other readings:
険難【けんのん】
険呑【けんのん】

noun
Cambridge(usually kana)
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
(art of) fencing, swordsmanship

noun
threatening attitude, menacing look, angry look
Other readings:
権幕【けんまく】
見幕【けんまく】

noun
cyclops (any minute crustacean of genus Cyclops)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ケンミジンコ

noun
stegosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Stegosauria)(obscure)

けんふねきざ
kenwootoshitefunewokizamu
expression
to not be getting with the times, to be unaware that things are changing(idiom )

けん
kenwoobiru
expression, Ichidan verb
to wear a sword at one's side

けんまじ
kenwomajieru
expression, Ichidan verb
to cross swords (with)

noun
sole sword, unarmed but for a sword

noun
bayonet(colloquialism, archaism)
See also:銃剣
Other readings:
牛蒡剣【ごぼうけん】

noun
life-taking sword, sword used to kill
See also:活人剣 (antonym)

noun
form of modern martial art using the bayonet

expression
jūkenbō, "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts(martial arts)

noun
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)

noun
serious relationship (esp. one with the prospect of marriage)

noun, no-adjective
fighting with real swords, game played in real earnest(yojijukugo)

noun
sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period

noun
cold sharp sword, blade of ice(archaism)

noun, auxillary suru verb
wearing a sword, being armed with a sword, sword

るぎ
damokuresunotsurugi
expression, noun
sword of Damocles
Other readings:
ダモクレスの剣【ダモクレスのけん】

noun
1.
short sword, dagger, stiletto
2.
hour hand (of a clock)

noun, auxillary suru verb
fixing a bayonet

noun
1.
long sword
2.
minute hand (of a clock)

noun
new moon, crescent moon(poetry term, archaism)

noun
mountain (in hell) covered in swords, which are buried so their tips point upward

expression, Godan-ku verb
to draw a sword
Other readings:
剣を抜く【けんをぬく】

noun, auxillary suru verb
wearing a sword

noun, auxillary suru verb
drawing one's sword

noun
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school), secret traditions of fencing

ふねきざけんもと
funenikizamitekenwomotomu
expression
to not be getting with the times, to be unaware that things are changing(idiom )(from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals)

ふねこくけんもと
funenikokushitekenwomotomu
expression
to not be getting with the times, to be unaware that things are changing(idiom )(from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals)

けんつよ
penhaken-yorimotsuyoshi
expression
the pen is mightier than the sword(proverb)(from the English saying)

noun
bokken, wooden sword
Other readings:
木剣【ぼくけん】[1]
木剣【もくけん】[1]
木剣【もっけん】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
Murakumo no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)(obscure)
See also:天叢雲剣

noun
famous sword, excellent sword

noun
sword possessing mystical powers, virtuous sword