to sever / to end

a type of longsword (as opposed to the shorter katana) / a sword positioned with the blade facing down when worn (as opposed to the katana, which is worn with the blade facing upward)

example, simile, metaphor, allegory, parable

a male given name

太刀魚: Largehead hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus, a member of the cutlassfish family

Largehead hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus, a member of the cutlassfish family

polyarchy

Courtesy name of 源実朝 (Minamoto no Sanetomo), Kamakura-period shogun and poet

立子: a female given name / 竜子: a female given name

(dialect) low-quality; (informal standard Japanese) sucky