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太刀 (tachi): rear view of a samurai with a tachi slung from his waist.
Kanji in this term
たち
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
大刀
𫥲

Etymology

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/tati//tat͡ɕi/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Derived from 断ち (tachi), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 断つ (tatsu, to sever).[1][2][3][4]

The kanji spelling is a shift from the original Chinese 大刀 (dàdāo, literally great blade), indicating straight swords before the Heian period, and later indicating curved swords.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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太刀(たち) (tachi

  1. a type of longsword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
    • 720, Nihon Shoki, (poem 20):
      椰句毛多菟(やくもたつ)伊頭毛多鶏流餓(いづもたけるが)波鶏流(はける)多知(たち)菟頭邏佐波磨枳(つづらさはまき)佐微那辞珥(さみなしに)阿波礼(あはれ) [Man'yōgana]
      ()(くも)()出雲(いづも)たけるが()ける太刀(たち)黒葛(つづら)(さは)()きさ()なしにあはれ [Modern spelling]
      ya kumo tatsu Izumo-takeru ga hakeru tachi tsuzura sawamaki saminashi ni aware
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. a sword positioned with the blade facing down when worn (as opposed to the katana, which is worn with the blade facing upward)

Derived terms

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Proverbs

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See also

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Proper noun

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太刀(たち) (Tachi

  1. a surname

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN