竹刀 (しない) — bamboo sword (for kendo)

竹刀 is read しない and listed as a noun. Meaning: bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 竹刀.

  • 竹林 ちくりん bamboo thicket
  • 爆竹 ばくちく firecracker
  • 竹 たけ bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
  • 小刀 こがたな (small) knife
  • 太刀 たち long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
  • 短刀 たんとう short sword
  • 刀剣 とうけん sword
  • 大刀 だいとう (Japanese) long sword