English
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Noun
katana (plural: katana or katanas)

#A Japanese longsword (also known as a daitou) that was made by folding the steel hundreds of times and placing a hardened blade edge on the cutting side, which when cooled gave it a distinctive curved shape which was well suited to slashing attacks and fast drawing from the saya. They were considered weapons of honor and treated extremely well since the samurai|samurai's life depended on the blade. It consisted of the blade, a tsuba or hand guard and a saya or scabbard and was usually kept in a set with a wakizashi that was known as a daisho.

Japanese
Noun
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#�: any sword; a blade; a knife

See also
bokken (��, ��, ����)
dait� (大�, ����)
ken (�, �, ��)
kend� (��, ��, ����)
kodachi (�太�, ���)
saya (�, ��)
shinken (��, ����)
sh�t� (��, �����)
tachi (太�, ��)
tant� (��, ����)
tsurugi (�, �, ���)
wakizashi (�差, �差�, ����)

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