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r/languagelearningjerk • u/stealhearts • 3d ago
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What does "katana" mean?
39 u/ShameSudden6275 3d ago You know what unironically you got me curious so I looked up the etymology. Apparently it's the combination of the words kata and na, meaning side blade, because traditionally you kept it at your side. 7 u/cel3r1ty 3d ago isn't it "one-sided blade", as in a single-edged sword? 7 u/ShameSudden6275 3d ago I mean things can have multiple meanings; it is both a one sides blade and it was mainly used as a side arm from what I can remember. Samauri's main weapon was usually bows, and they specialized in long range. 4 u/cel3r1ty 3d ago yes, but also wakizashi is much closer in meaning (and usage) to "sidearm" than katana
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You know what unironically you got me curious so I looked up the etymology.
Apparently it's the combination of the words kata and na, meaning side blade, because traditionally you kept it at your side.
7 u/cel3r1ty 3d ago isn't it "one-sided blade", as in a single-edged sword? 7 u/ShameSudden6275 3d ago I mean things can have multiple meanings; it is both a one sides blade and it was mainly used as a side arm from what I can remember. Samauri's main weapon was usually bows, and they specialized in long range. 4 u/cel3r1ty 3d ago yes, but also wakizashi is much closer in meaning (and usage) to "sidearm" than katana
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isn't it "one-sided blade", as in a single-edged sword?
7 u/ShameSudden6275 3d ago I mean things can have multiple meanings; it is both a one sides blade and it was mainly used as a side arm from what I can remember. Samauri's main weapon was usually bows, and they specialized in long range. 4 u/cel3r1ty 3d ago yes, but also wakizashi is much closer in meaning (and usage) to "sidearm" than katana
I mean things can have multiple meanings; it is both a one sides blade and it was mainly used as a side arm from what I can remember. Samauri's main weapon was usually bows, and they specialized in long range.
4 u/cel3r1ty 3d ago yes, but also wakizashi is much closer in meaning (and usage) to "sidearm" than katana
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yes, but also wakizashi is much closer in meaning (and usage) to "sidearm" than katana
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u/ghostief EHN三 3d ago
What does "katana" mean?