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Rōmaji
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Kanji
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Description
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Bō
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棒 [ぼう]
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Stick, club, truncheon, hit, a 6 foot staff.
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Bō Shuriken
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棒手裏剣 [ぼうしゅりけん]
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Throwing spikes
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Bokken
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木剣 [ぼっけん]
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Wooden practice sword
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Bokutō
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木刀 [ぼくとう]
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Wooden practice sword
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Chokutō
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直刀 [ちょくとう]
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Very early straight single edged (sometimes with second
partial edge) straight sword.
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Daishō
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大小 [だいしょう]
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A matched pair of long and short swords
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Daitō
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大刀 [たいとう]
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Long sword over 2 feet long
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Donki
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鈍器 [どんき]
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Blunt weapon
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Dōtanuki
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同田貫, 胴田貫
[どうたぬき]
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Battle sword similar to a katana with a very thick blade.
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Guntō
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軍刀 [ぐんとう]
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Army or military sword
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Hira Shuriken
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平手裏剣 [ひらしゅりけん]
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Flat throwing blades, usually star shaped
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Iaitō
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居合刀 [いあいと]
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Unsharpened practice sword
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Kama
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鎌 [かま]
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Sickle
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Kamayari
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鎌槍 [かまやり]
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Spear with one or two curved secondary blades
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Katana
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刀 [かたな]
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Sword worn in the obi, cutting edge up
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Ken
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剣 [けん]
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Sword usually refers to double edged sword
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Kodachi
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小太刀 [こだち]
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Short sword
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Kusarigama
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鎖鎌 [くさりがま]
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Chain and sickle weapon
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Kyoketsu Shoge
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距跋渉毛 [きょけつしょうげ]
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Weapon consisting of a hooked dagger, a long rope and a
weighted ring
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Kyoketsushoge
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距跋渉毛 [きょけつしょげ]
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Chain weapon with a sickle on one end and a ring on the
other
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Kyōki
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凶器; 兇器
[きょうき]
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Dangerous weapon
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Makibishi
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撒き菱; 撒菱
[まきびし]
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Caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and
horses);
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Manrikigusari
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万力鎖 [まんりきぐさり]
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Ninja weighted chain weapon
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Mantō
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萬刀; 卍刀
[まんとう]
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Ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears
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Nagamaki
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長巻 [ながまき]
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Polearm with sword blade
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Naginata
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薙刀 [なぎなた]
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Polearm with curved blade
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Nihontō
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日本刀 [にほんとう]
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Japanese sword
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Nodachi
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野太刀 [のだち]
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Very long tachi worn on back
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O-dachi
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大太刀 [おおたち]
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Extended length tachi
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Sai
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釵 [さい]
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Sai (an Okinawan weapon)
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Sasumata
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刺股; 刺叉;
指叉
[さすまた]
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Two-pronged weapon for catching a criminal; man-catcher
war fork
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Shikomizue
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仕込み杖 [しこみづえ]
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Sword cane
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Shinai
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竹刀 [しない]
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Bamboo sword used in Kendo
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Shinken
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真剣 [しんけん]
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Real sword
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Shōtō
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小刀 [しょうとう]
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Wooden wakizashi training sword
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Tachi
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太刀 [たち]
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Long sword worn with cutting edge down
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Wakizashi
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脇差 [わきざし]
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Short sword (blade between 12 and 24 inches)
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Yari
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槍 [やり]
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Japanese spear
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Yumi
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弓 [ゆみ]
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Japanese style bow (for shooting arrows)
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