Meanings
Readings
Common Words
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down
to defeat; to beat
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive)
Word usually written using kana alone
naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword
petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)
streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)
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