katana

/ kəˈtɑːnə /

noun

1. a long, curved single-edged sword traditionally used by Japanese samurai

Word History and Origins

Origin of katana¹

C18: Japanese

Example Sentences

At some point, Huang grabbed a katana sword that was kept in the house and used it to fatally stab her wife 13 times.

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Cyber Ninjas had, up until the audit, done occasional work providing security measures for random individual apps, offering this service through a website that featured people wearing actual ninja costumes and wielding katanas.

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Toranaga does not charge into the fray on a white horse, his katana dealing death on all sides.

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It’s impossible to place a concise count on the number of business school graduates who decided mounting katanas on the office walls was cool – it never was.

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The series has elements of intrigue and spectacle like “Game of Thrones,” with brutal beheadings, people boiled alive or sliced open with katanas, blood splashing on window screens and fire-tipped arrows.

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