tsuba
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 鍔 (つば, tsuba).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsubə/, /subə/
Noun
tsuba (plural tsubas or tsuba)
- The guard at the end of the grip of a sword.
Gallery
- Katana tsuba.
- Katana tsuba.
- Lotus pond.
- Shakudo Tsuba - Chidori in flight.
- tsuba with autumn flowers.
- Tsuba with a Monkey Teasing an Elephant with a Stick, The Walters Art Museum.
Anagrams
- Taubs, abuts, buats, busta, butas, tabus, tubas
Japanese
Romanization
tsuba
- Rōmaji transcription of つば