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
katana
Both the words 刀 (katana) and 剣 (ken) can be used to refer to 'sword'.
Sword in Japanese is Katana
Espada is the spanish word for "sword", and Japanese for "ten blades"
A Japanese sword.
Japanese Sword Fight - 1903 was released on: USA: January 1903
Over the past years people in western countries have seen the Katana as a Japanese sword therefore calling it a Katana instead of just a sword. The word Katana itself though just means sword, if they would refer to the blade of the sword they would say "katana no ha [刀の刃]," which literally means "Blade of a sword".
Wakizashi (Japanese for "side inserted sword") or shoto (Japanese for "short sword").
The Japanese Sword Maker - 1913 was released on: USA: 27 October 1913
Samurai were from Japan, and the samurai sword is from Japan.
sword talker - ε£γγΌγ« (Ken tΕka)
The Japanese use a bamboo sword in a sport called "kendo".