剣【けん】
Frequency rank: 133.
- sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade
- bayonetonly applies to けん
- swordsmanshiponly applies to けん
- stinger; ovipositor; dartonly applies to けんzoology
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 剣【けん】【つるぎ】Frequency rank: 133.
- 劒【けん】【つるぎ】
- 劍【けん】【つるぎ】
- けんFrequency rank: 27,000. – 27,198.
- つるぎFrequency rank: 45,256. – 46,118.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade
- bayonet
- swordsmanship
- stinger; ovipositor; dart
This word refers to a sword, especially a large, double-edged one. It can also be used to describe a sharp blade.
He has a beautiful collection of swords.
It is used to refer to a bayonet, a blade that can be attached to the muzzle of a rifle for use in close combat.
This meaning refers to the art or skill of using a sword in combat.
This meaning includes various pointed or sharp objects found in nature, such as a stinger, ovipositor, or dart.
Generated collocations (experimental)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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1. きごう『かむいカムイのけん剣きごう』は、せん はっぴゃく ろくじゅう はちねん1868年のとくがわ徳川しょうぐん将軍じだい時代のほうかい崩壊と、めいじてんのう明治天皇か下でのにっぽん日本のふっこう復興というへんかくき変革期をぶたい舞台にした、いっしゅ一種のさむらい侍きごう/にんじゃ忍者ものがたり物語だ。
Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.
In the days of the knights, they wore shields to protect themselves from sword-fight wounds.
The turbulent sands above our heads, the flinging of our swords... they're naught but falling stars in the night sky.