Katana or tachi means sword in Japanese
剣 けん "ken" is also another word for sword and is just as common.
"katana" tends to refer to a single-edged sword, especially a Japanese sword.
"tachi" is a long sword.
"ken" is fairly generic "sword", although it was previously commonly used to refer to a double-edged sword.
it is a zonpoto
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The actual translation of "sword" is 剣 (ken).
I think the original answerer is trying to say zanbattou (斬馬刀), which is a specific type of especially large Japanese sword.
Sword in Japanese is Katana
A Japanese sword.
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Wakizashi (Japanese for "side inserted sword") or shoto (Japanese for "short sword").
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Samurai were from Japan, and the samurai sword is from Japan.
Japanese sword - nihontō.Basic types of Japanese sword: Katana, Tachi, Wakizashi, Nodachi and Shin Gunto.Set of katana and wakizashi is called daisho.There are two words for sword, 剣 (tsurugi, double-edged blade) and 刀 (katana, single-edged blade).katana
The Japanese use a bamboo sword in a sport called "kendo".
sword talker - 剣トーカ (Ken tōka)
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Heavenly sword would translate to 天来の刀剣 (tenrai no tōken) in Japanese.
Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto= These are the famous japanese samurai weapons which was used in sword fighting. Amongst all the three, katana sword is the most expensive one.