刃渡り

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
わた
Grade: S

Noun

()(わた) • (hawatari

  1. length of a blade[1]
    刃渡(はわた)16(じゅうろく)センチのナイフ
    hawatari jūroku senchi no naifu
    a 16-centimeter knife
  2. acrobatic act of walking barefoot on a sword[2]

References

  1. ^ Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN