薙

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

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

art of using a naginata

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down

to defeat; to beat

sweeping sideways; mowing down

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)