Ninjato

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A straight-bladed short sword, commonly appearing in works of fiction as a weapon of the shinobi in feudal Japan.

    "His fingers relaxed around the hilt of the ninja-to, and the sword dropped to the ground. So did he, a moment later."

Synonyms

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ninja swordninja swordninjakenninjakenshinobigatanashinobigatana

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"His fingers relaxed around the hilt of the ninja-to, and the sword dropped to the ground. So did he, a moment later."

Etymology

From Japanese 忍者刀 (ninjatō), in turn a compound of 忍者 (ninja) + 刀 (tō, “sword, knife”).

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