刃

edge (of a knife or sword); blade

prong (of an electrical plug)

blade; sword

forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades

sharpness

Rare term

unhulled rice

edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

edge of blade

nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade

length of a blade

walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)

to cross swords (with)

bloodshed

bloodshed

temper pattern of a sword blade

to come to bloodshed

lancet

cutler

length of a blade

Rare term

swinging a knife around; brandishing a knife

steel

sword steel; sword

drawn sword; naked sword

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

affectation; pretension; thin veneer; hasty preparation; stopgap (measure); superficial (polish, knowledge)

Orig. meaning

blunt sword with a tempered steel edge

double-edged sword

assassin's dagger

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife)

Common noun

double-edged blade

single edge (e.g. sword blade); single bevel (e.g. kitchen knife)

thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword

(up to) the hilt; wits' end