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Post by Marc Ridgeway on Feb 2, 2007 14:27:50 GMT
Jigane - A wood burl like grain in the steel
Omote - A katana has two sides, public and private. The public side is the omote, the side that faces the public when the ddaisho is worn as shown earlier.It is always the same side, there are no left handed Samurai
Kasane - Thickness of the spine of the blade
Ura - The private side of the sword, faces in towards wearer
Uchikomikizu - Uchicko is the crushed rocks used to clean the blade... but uchikomikizu is abrasions on the blade from combat likely.
Suguha - a hamon that is straight
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Post by Marc Ridgeway on Feb 2, 2007 14:31:25 GMT
OOPs , sorry, didn't see someone had beat me to it.
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AIKUCHI - a tanto with no tsuba (guard) AOI - hollyhock, commonly used as a Mon ARA-NIE - coarse or large nie ASHI - legs (streaks of nioi pointing down toward the edge) ATOBORI - horimono added at a later date ATO MEI - signature added at a later date AYASUGI - large wavey hada (grain)
BAKUFU - military government of the Shogun BO-HI - large or wide groove BOKKEN - wooden sword for practicing sword kata BONJI - sanskrit carvings BO-UTSURI - faint utsuri BOSHI - temper line in kissaki (point) BU - Japanese measurement (approx 0.1 inch) BUKE - military man, samurai BUSHIDO -the code of the samurai
CHIKEI - dark lines that appear in the ji CHISA KATANA - short katana CHOJI - clove shaped hamon CHOJI OIL - oil for the care of swords CHOJI-MIDARE - irregular choji hamon (temper line) CHOKUTO - prehistoric straight swords CHU - medium CHU-KISSAKI - medium sized point (kissaki) CHU-SUGUHA straight, medium width temper line
DAI - great or large DAI-MEI - student smith signing his teacher's name DAIMYO - feudal lord DAISHO - a matched pair of long and short swords DAITO - long sword (over 24 inches)
FUCHI - collar on hilt FUCHI-KASHIRA - set of hilt collar (fuchi) and buttcap (kashira) FUKURA - curve of the ha or edge in the kissaki (point) FUKURE - flaw; usually a blister in the steel FUKURIN - rim cover of a tsuba FUNAGATA - ship bottom shaped nakago FUNBARI / FUMBARI - much taper of the blade from the machi to the kissaki FURISODE - shape of sword tang that resembling the sleeve of a kimono
GAKU-MEI - original signature inlaid in a cut-off (o-suriage) tang GENDAITO - traditionally forged sword blades by modern smiths GIMEI - fake signature (mei) GIN - silver GOKADEN - the Five Schools of the Koto period GOMABASHI - parallel grooves GUNOME - undulating hamon GUNOME-MIDARE - irregularly undulating hamon GUNTO - army or military sword mountings GYAKU - angled back, reversed
HA - cutting edge HABAKI - blade collar HABUCHI - the line of the hamon HADA - grain in steel, pattern of folding the steel HAGANE - steel HAGIRE -edge cracks in the hamon (fatal flaw) HAKIKAKE -broom swept portions in the boshi HAKO BA - box shaped hamon HAKO-MIDARE - uneven box shaped hamon HAKO-MUNE - square shaped blade back HAMACHI - notch at the beginning of the cutting edge HAMIDASHI - tanto or dagger with a small guard (tsuba) HAMON - temper pattern along blade edge HANDACHI - tachi mountings used on a katana or wakizashi HATARAKI - activities or workings within the hamon or temperline HAZUYA - finger stones used to show the hamon and hada HI - grooves in the blade HIRA-MUNE - flat blade backridge HIRA-TSUKURI / HIRA-ZUKURI - blade without a shinogi (flat blade) HIRO-SUGUHA - wide, straight temper line (hamon) HITATSURA - full tempered hamon HITSU / HITSU-ANA - holes in the tsuba for the kozuka or kogai HO - kozuka blade HONAMI - family of sword appraissers HORIMONO - arvings on sword blades HOTSURE - stray lines from hamon into the ji
ICHI - one or first ICHIMAI - one-piece sword construction ICHIMAI BOSHI - point area (kissaki) that is fully tempered IHORI-MUNE - peaked back ridge IKUBI - boar's neck (a short, wide kissaki) INAZUMA - lightning (a type of activity in the hamon) ITAME - wood grained hada ITO - silk or cotton hilt wrapping ITOMAKI NO TACHI - tachi with top of saya wrapped with ito ITO SUGU - thin, thread like hamon
JI - sword surface between the shinogi and the hamon JI-GANE - surface steel JI-HADA - surface pattern of the hada JINDACHI - tachi JI-NIE - islands of nie in the ji JIZO BOSHI - boshi shaped like a priest's head JUMONJI YARI - a yari with cross pieces JUYO TOKEN - highly important origami for sword by NBTHK JUZU - hamon like rosary beads
KABUTO - helmet KABUTO-GANE - tachi style pommel cap KABUTO-WARI - helmet breaker KAEN - flame shaped boshi KAERI - turnback (refers to the boshi at the mune) KAI GUNTO - naval sword KAJI - swordsmith KAKIHAN - swordsmiths or tsuba makers monogram KAKU-MUNE - square back ridge KAMIKAZI - divine wind KANJI - Japanese characters KANMURI-OTOSHI - backridge beveled like a naginata KANTEI - sword appraisal KAO - carved monogram of swordsmith on tang (nakago) KASANE - thickness of blade KASHIRA - sword pommel or buttcap KATAKIRI - sword with one side flat (no shinogi) KATANA - sword worn in the obi, cutting edge up KATANA KAKE - sword stand KATANA-MEI - signature side that faces out when worn edge up KAWAGANE - skin or surface steel KAZU-UCHI MONO - mass produced swords KEBORI - line carving done on sword mounts KEN - straight double edged sword KENGYO - triangular or pointed nakago-jiri KESHO YASURIME - decorative file marks on nakago KIJIMATA - pheasant thigh shaped nakago KIJIMOMO - pheasant leg shaped nakago KIKU - chrysanthemum KIKUBA - chrysanthemum temperline (hamon) KIN - gold KINKO - soft metal sword fittings (not iron) KIN-MEI - gold inlay or gold lacquer appraiser's signature KINZOGAN MEI - same a kin-mei KINSUJI - golden line (type of activity in hamon) KINZOGAN-MEI - attribution in gold inlay on nakago KINSUJI - whitish line along hamon KIRI - paulownia KIRI HA - flat sword with both sides beveled to the edge KIRI KOMI - sword cut or nick on the blade from another sword KISSAKI - point of blade KITAE - forging KIZU - flaw KO - old or small KOBUSE - blade constructed with hard steel around a soft core KO-CHOJI - small choji hamon KODACHI - small tachi KODOGU - all the sword fittings except the tsuba KOGAI - hair pick accessory KOIGUCHI - the mouth of the scabbard or its fitting KOJIRI - end of the scabbard KOKUHO - national treasure class sword KO-MARU - small round boshi KO-MIDARE - small irregular hamon KO-MOKUME - small wood grain hada KO-NIE - small or fine nie KO-NIE DEKI - composed of small nie KOSHIATE - leather suspensors (hangers) for a sword KOSHIRAE - sword mountings or fittings KOSHI-ZORI - curve of the blade is near the hilt KOTO - Old Sword Period (prior to about 1596) KOZUKA - handle of accessory knife KUBIKIRI - small tanto for cutting the neck or removing heads KUNI - province KURIJIRI - rounded nakago jiri KURIKARA - dragon horimono (engraving/carving) KURIKATA - scabbard (saya) fitting for attaching the sageo KUZURE - crumbling or disintegrating KWAIKEN - short knife carried by women
MACHI - notches at the start of the ha and mune MACHI-OKURI - blade shortened by moving up the ha-machi and mune-machi MARU - round MARU-DOME - round groove ending MARU-MUNE - round mune MASAME - straight grain (hada) MEI - swordsmith's signature MEIBUTSU - famous sword MEKUGI - sword peg MEKUGI-ANA - hole for mekugi MEMPO - face guard or mask MENUKI - hilt ornaments MIDARE - irregular, uneven temperline (hamon) MIDARE-KOMI - uneven pattern in boshi MIHABA - width of sword blade at the machi MIMIGATA - ear shaped hamon MITOKOROMONO - matching set of kozuka, kogai and menuki MITSU KADO - point where yokote, shinogi and ko-shinogi meet MITSU-MUNE - three-sided mune MIZUKAGE - hazy line in ji commonly due to re-tempering MOKKO - four lobe shaped (a tsuba shape) MOKUME - burl like hada MON - family crest MONOUCHI - main cutting portion of blade (first six inches from kissaki) MOROHA - double-edged sword MOTO-HABA - blade width near habaki MOTO-KASANE - blade thickness MU - empty or nothing MUJI - no visible grain MUMEI - no signature (unsigned blade) MUNE - back ridge of sword blade MUNEMACHI - notch at start of mune MUNEYAKI - regions of temper along the mune MU-SORI - no curvature
N.B.T.H.K. - Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kai (sword preservation group) NAGAMAKI - halberd weapon mounted as a sword NAGASA - blade length (from tip of kissaki to munemachi) NAGINATA - halberd NAKAGO - sword tang NAMBAN TETSU - foreign steel NANAKO - raised dimpling (fish roe) NAOSHI - corrected or repaired NASHIJI - hada like pear skin NENGO - Japanese era NIE - bright crystals in hamon or ji NIE-DEKI - hamon done in nie NIKU - meat (blade having lots of fullness) NIOI - cloud like hamon NIOI-DEKI - composed of nioi NIOI-GIRE - break in hamon NODACHI - large tachi worn by high officials NOTARE - wave like hamon NOTARE-MIDARE - irregular wave like hamon N.T.H.K.. - Nihon Token Hozon Kai (sword appraisal group) NUNOME - overlay metal-work
O - large OBI - belt sash O-CHOJI - large choji hamon O-DACHI - very long sword (over 30 inches) O-KISSAKI - large kissaki O-MIDARE - large irregular hamon OMOTE - signature side of the nakago O-NIE - large nie O-NOTARE - large wave patterned hamon ORIGAMI - appraisal certificate ORIKAESHI MEI - folded signature OROSHIGANE - specially processed steel for making swords O-SEPPA - large seppa (usually on tachi) OSHIGATA - rubbing of the signature on the nakago O-SURIAGE - a shortened tang with the signature removed
SAGEO - cord used for tying the saya to the obi SAGURI - catch-hook on saya SAIHA/SAIJIN - retempered sword SAKA - slanted SAKI - tip or point SAKI-HABA - blade width at yokote SAKI ZORI - curvature in the top third of the blade SAKU - made SAME' - rayskin used for tsuka (handle) covering SAMURAI - Japanese warrior or the warrior class SANBONSUGI - "three cedars" (hamon with repeating three peaks) SAN-MAI - three-piece sword construction SAYA - sword scabbard SAYAGAKI - attribution on a plain wood scabbard SAYAGUCHI - mouth of the scabbard (koi-guchi) SAYASHI - scabbard maker SEKI-GANE - soft metal plugs in the tsuka hitsu-ana SEPPA - washers or spacers SHAKU - Japanese unit of measure approximately one foot SHAKUDO - copper and gold alloy used for sword fittings SHIBUICHI - copper and silver alloy used for sword fittings SHIKOMI-ZUE - sword cane SHINAE - ripples in steel due to bending of blade SHINAI - bamboo sword used in Kendo SHINGANE - soft core steel SHINOGI - ridgeline of the blade SHINOGI-JI - sword flat between the mune and shinogi SHINOGI-ZUKURI - sword with shinogi SHIN-SHINTO - New-New Sword Period (1781 to 1868) SHINTO - New Sword Period (1596 to 1781) SHIRASAYA - plain wood storage scabbard SHITODOME - small collars in the kurikata and/or kashira SHOBU ZUKURI - blade where shinogi goes to the tip of the kissaki (no yokote) SHOGUN - supreme military leader SHOTO - short sword (between 12 and 24 inches) SHOWATO - sword made during the Showa Era (usually refers to low quality blades) SHUMEI - red lacquer signature SHURIKEN - small throwing knife SORI - curvature SUDARE-BA - bamboo blinds effects in hamon SUE - late or later SUGATA - shape of sword blade SUGUHA - straight temper line SUKASHI - cut out SUN - Japanese measure, approx. one inch SUNAGASHI - activity in hamon like brushed sand SURIAGE - shortened tang
TACHI - long sword worn with cutting-edge down TACHI-MEI - signature facing away from body when worn edge down TAKABORI - high relief carving TAKANOHA - hawk feather style of yasurime TAMAHAGANE - raw steel for making swords TAMESHIGIRI - cutting test TAMESHI-MEI - cutting test inscription TANAGO - fish belly shaped nakago TANAGO-BARA - fish belly shaped nakago TANTO - dagger or knife with blade less than 12 inches TATARA - smith's smelter for making sword steel TO - sword TOBIYAKI - islands of tempering in the ji TOGARI - pointed TOGI - sword polish or polisher TORAN - high wave like hamon TORII-ZORI - sword curve in the middle of the blade TSUBA - sword guard TSUCHI - small hammer/awl for removing mekugi TSUKA - sword handle TSUKA-GUCHI - mouth of handle TSUKA-ITO - handle wrapping or tape TSUKAMAKI - art of wrapping the handle of a sword TSUKURI / ZUKURI - sword TSUKURU - made by or produced by TSUNAGI - wooden sword blade to display fittings TSURUGI - double edged, straight sword
UBU - original, complete, unaltered tang (nakago) UCHIGATANA - fighting katana UCHIKO - fine powder used to clean sword blades UCHIZORI - curved inward UMABARI - horse needle UMA-HA - horse teeth hamon UMEGANE - plug used to repair kizu URA - side of the nakago facing toward the body URA-MEI - signed on the ura (usually the date) UTSURI - reflection of temperline in ji
WAKIZASHI - short sword (blade between 12 and 24 inches) WARE - opening in the steel WARI-BASHI / WARI-KOGAI - chop-sticks
YAKI DASHI - straight temperline near the hamachi YA-HAZU - arrow notch shaped hamon YAKIBA - hardened, tempered sword edge YAKIDASHI - hamon beginning just above the ha-machi YAKIHABA - width of yakiba YAKI-IRE - fast quenching of sword (tempering) YAKIZUME - temperline in boshi with no turnback YANONE - arrow head YARI - spear YASURIME - file marks on nakago YOKOTE - line between ji and kissaki YOROIDOSHI - armor piercing tanto
ZOGAN - inlay ZUKURI - sword
i think this will sort out any confusion about english being used for japanese swords
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2007 22:45:16 GMT
Thanks everyone ! Big help !
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2007 3:19:24 GMT
From reading this thred...my observations are.... 1) Japanese were (and still are) VERY into their swords 2) Their langauge is very specific to details 3) It is a great langauge (although different) 4) Could make a great second langauge--as many japanese have made ours as Ow yeh I hate to sound arrogant here because I prefer modesty...but this is mere reality. English langauge is the most common/most spoken langauge in the world (doesn't mean it is 'better') you only have to look at shakespeare's work-to see it has evolved (and is constantly evolving with new words/slangs) (it is actually a mixture of european dialects) Alot of our words come from latin/german etc (even the letters- from ancient greek- (who borrowed off the phoenicians) (a sea-fairing people who were easterners) My 2 thingies worth *quickly runs away in fear of karma* (just kidding)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2007 10:34:35 GMT
woah, fusion, how do u know all that? are u from japan or something? do u speak japanese?
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