忍刀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忍	刀
しの(び) Grade: S	かたな > がたな Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 忍 (shinobi, “sneaking; ninja”) +‎ 刀 (katana, traditional Japanese curved single-edged sword). The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɕino̞bʲiɡa̠ta̠na̠]

Noun

忍刀 (hiragana しのびがたな, rōmaji shinobigatana)

a katana-like ninja short sword

Synonyms

忍 (にん)者 (じゃ)刀 (とう) (ninjatō)