Definitions
Etymologies
- From Japanese Katana (刀 or かたな) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“That katana is going to need some intensive therapy.”
“The sword that a samurai uses is called a katana, by the way.”
“But his katana was a stunning piece, made by a master craftsman—Lord Oda remembered decapitating the man after receiving it.”
“The katana is the representation of the artist and the picture, the higher self and the lower self, love and will as distinct from habit and memory. ”
“I know that you are well aware that since 1582, when Toyotomi Hideoshi became shogun, only samurai were allowed to wear two swords - the katana was the samurai's province alone.”
“Saika has been referred to as a katana that can slice a soul.”
“As Pike shuttles to Nero to surrender, Kirk and Sulu parachute from space in an attempt to disable the drill - Sulu's got a nifty folding katana, which is weird, because katanas and fencing don't seem to go together.”
“If you haven't got it yet, the katana is a pretty good weapon and the Uzi is a good upgrade on that Ingram you probably have.”
“Most "katana" people buy are actually fairly blunt pieces of junk from strip malls.”
“The new artwork appears to show some kind of katana-welding cowboy.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘katana’.
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Logodaedalus' Lexical Locutionary
Discombobulating the illiterate since the middle of the last century.
adiaphora, agitprop, alliteration, apophthegm, autarky, bête noire, bezoar, biorhythm, braggadocio, canaille, confabulate, confrère and 332 more...
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colleen's words ii
sibilant, sundry, spindle, distaff, device, mortar, pestle, scythe, flail, thresh, frown, elementary and 495 more...
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japanese
words associated with Japanese culture.
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vorpal's Words
parabiosis, penumbra, defenestrate, portmanteau, sturm und drang, perspicacious, quixotic, copacetic, obfuscate, inveigle, shadenfreude, cloister and 349 more...
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Favorite Words
quixotic, assonance, palindrome, plebeian, mezzanine, propinquity, etymology, antihero, intrepid, refractions, lawless, sesquipedalian and 237 more...
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Dain's Words
rabble, terminus, archaic, atavism, demiurge, waylay, syzygy, jocoserious, quark, entropy, cinnabar, shamble and 912 more...
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Monovocalics
Words that have only one of the vowels. On this list I include only words with at least three vowels. When I first started the list, if a word had several forms, I generally listed only the one wit...
syzygy, mirific, cumulus, homolog, monocot, bedewed, jezebel, referee, bikini, minikin, locomotor, terebenthene and 2359 more...
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wordsmithing part deux
because wordsmith is not a verb.
enmity, incarnate, chignon, nape, solitude, nocturne, decorum, warren, svelte, interstice, serene, charlotte and 488 more...
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Links Spelling Bee 2012
230 Words
gargalesthesia, bondieuserie, aguinaldo, alcazar, allosaurus, ambidexterity, ameliorate, anachronism, androcentric, ankylosaurus, anthropology, apartheid and 123 more...
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gorgonglare's list
the best
zeppelin, ion, laconic, serendipity, cataract, saturnine, syzygy, cinnabar, bistro, lithium, paroxysm, scion and 694 more...
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Czech_Hedgehog's Words
calyx, necrotic, aposematic, floccinauccinihil..., solitude, metanoia, katana, mediocre, trafalgar, eosinophil, deviant, the and 47 more...
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the armourer
Armour and weapons, and the occasional soldier.
gauntlet, vambrace, ballista, arbalest, trebuchet, sabre, epee, foil, flamberge, katana, dagger, switchblade and 80 more...
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Is this a dagger I see before me?
Or a kris? A rapier? A double-bladed hackmonger?
interesting bladesdagger, sword, knife, snee, snickersnee, bayonet, blade, kris, bolo, katana, rapier, lance and 41 more...
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Japanease
Aikido/Martial Arts, Philosophy, Bonsai
suiseki, dakishime, ashi, hakama, hidari, migi, domo arigato, suiseki, zanshin, aikido, hakama, hidari and 29 more...
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Ninja Words
Are you Ninja enough??
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criminallyvain's Words
Tweets
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