The nunchaku is a traditional Japanese weapon consisting of two short sticks connected by a chain or rope.
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Nunchaku
//nʌnˈtʃækuː//
Synonyms for "nunchaku" (7 found)
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Translations
33 translations across 23 languages.
Cebuano
1 entries- tsako noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Chinese
1 entries- 兩節棍 /两节棍 noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 雙節棍 /双节棍 noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Czech
1 entries- nunčaky noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Danish
2 entries- karatestænger noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
- nunchaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Dutch
1 entries- wurgstokjes noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Finnish
1 entries- nunchaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
French
1 entries- nunchaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
German
1 entries- Nunchaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Hungarian
1 entries- nuncsaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Indonesian
1 entries- ruyung noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Italian
1 entries- nunchaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Japanese
3 entries- ヌウチク noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
- ヌンチャク noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
- 双節棍 noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Korean
1 entries- 쌍절곤 noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Marathi
2 entries- नन्चक noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
- नुन्चाकु noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Okinawan
1 entries- 双節棍 noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Polish
2 entries- nunczako noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
- nunczaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Portuguese
1 entries- nunchaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Russian
3 entries- нунтя́ку noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
- нунча́ки noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
- нунча́ку noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Spanish
2 entries- chaco noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
- nunchaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Swedish
2 entries- karate pinnar noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
- nunchaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Turkish
1 entries- nunçaku noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
Vietnamese
2 entries- côn nhị khúc noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
- nhị khúc côn noun (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)
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