太刀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たち
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jukujikun
Alternative spellings
大刀
𫥲

Etymology

/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

Noun

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

  • 太刀(たち)(うお) (tachiuo)
  • 太刀(たち)(うばい) (Tachiubai), 太刀(たち)(ばい) (Tachibai)
  • 太刀(たち)(おと) (tachioto)
  • 太刀(たち)(おどり), 太刀(たち)(おど) (tachi odori)
  • 太刀(たち)折紙(おりがみ), 太刀(たち)()(がみ) (tachi origami)
  • 太刀(たち)(かげ) (tachikage)
  • 太刀(たち)() (tachikake)
  • 太刀(たち)(かぜ) (tachikaze)
  • 太刀(たち)(がら) (tachigarami)
  • 太刀(たち)(きず) (tachi kizu)
  • 太刀(たち)(ごしら) (tachi-goshirae)
  • 太刀(たち)(さき) (tachisaki)
  • 太刀(たち)(さば) (tachisabaki)
  • 太刀(たち)(すじ) (tachisuji)
  • 太刀(たち)(つか) (tachi tsukai), 太刀(たち)(づか) (tachi-zukai)
  • 太刀取(たちと) (tachitori), 太刀取(たちど) (tachidori)
  • 太刀(たち)() (tachi no o)
  • 太刀(たち)(うお) (tachi no uo)
  • 太刀(たち)(しり) (tachi no shiri)
  • 太刀(たち)(ぶくろ) (tachibukuro)
  • 太刀(たち)(めい) (tachimei)
  • 太刀(たち)(もち), 太刀持(たちも) (tachimochi)
  • 環頭太刀(かんとうのたち) (kantō no tachi)
  • (あか)太刀(たち) (akatachi)
  • 足白(あしじろ)太刀(たち) (ashijiro no tachi)
  • (あと)太刀(だち) (atodachi)
  • 厳物(いかもの)(づく)りの太刀(たち) (ikamono-zukuri no tachi)
  • 糸巻(いとまき)太刀(たち) (itomaki no tachi)
  • (うけ)太刀(だち), ()太刀(だち) (ukedachi)
  • ()()での太刀(たち) (uchiide no tachi)
  • (うち)太刀(だち), 打太刀(うちだち) (uchidachi)
  • ()()太刀(たち) (uchide no tachi)
  • 衛府(えふ)太刀(たち) (efu no tachi)
  • (おお)太刀(だち) (ōdachi)
  • (おさ)太刀(だち) (osamedachi)
  • (かざ)太刀(たち) (kazari tachi)
  • (から)太刀(たち) (Kara tachi)
  • 唐様(からよう)太刀(たち) (karayō tachi)
  • (かわ)()太刀(たち) (kawao no tachi)
  • (かわ)(つつみ)太刀(たち) (kawatsutsumi no tachi)
  • (かん)(とう)()大刀(たち) (kantō no tachi), 環頭(かんとう)大刀(だち) (kantō-dachi)
  • 菊作(きくづく)りの太刀(たち) (kikuzukuri no tachi)
  • 木太刀(きだち) (kidachi)
  • 黒作(くろづく)りの太刀(たち) (kurozukuri no tachi)
  • 毛抜(けぬ)(がた)太刀(たち) (kenukigata no tachi)
  • ()(がね)(づく)りの太刀(たち) (kogane-zukuri no tachi)
  • 黒漆(こくしつ)太刀(たち) (kokushitsu no tachi)
  • 小太刀(こだち) (kodachi)
  • (さき)太刀(だち) (sakidachi)
  • 菖蒲(しょうぶ)太刀(だち) (shōbu-dachi)
  • (しょ)太刀(だち) (shodachi)
  • (しるし)太刀(たち) (shirushi no tachi)
  • (しろ)太刀(たち) (shirotachi), (しろ)太刀(だち) (shirodachi)
  • (すけ)太刀(だち) (sukedachi)
  • (そり)太刀(だち), ()太刀(だち) (soridachi)
  • (つく)太刀(だち) (tsukuridachi)
  • (つるぎ)太刀(たち) (tsurugi-tachi)
  • (つるぎ)太刀(たち) (tsurugi no tachi)
  • (とり)(がしら)太刀(たち) (torigashira no tachi)
  • 鳥頸(とりくび)太刀(たち) (torikubi no tachi)
  • (なが)太刀(たち) (nagatachi)
  • ()太刀(たち) (ni no tachi)
  • 野太刀(のだち) (nodachi)
  • (のち)太刀(だち) (nochidachi)
  • (はん)太刀(だち) (handachi)
  • (ひと)太刀(たち) (hitotachi)
  • 兵庫(ひょうご)(ぐさり)太刀(たち) (hyōgo-gusari no tachi)
  • 兵具(ひょうぐ)(ぐさり)太刀(たち) (hyōgu-gusari no tachi)
  • 平鞘(ひらざや)太刀(たち) (hirazaya no tachi)
  • 武太刀(ぶたち) (butachi)
  • (ほそ)太刀(だち) (hosodachi)
  • (まくら)太刀(だち) (makuradachi)
  • (もち)太刀(だち), ()太刀(だち) (mochidachi)
  • ()太刀(たち) (yakitachi), ()太刀(だち) (yakidachi)
  • 螺鈿(らでん)太刀(たち) (raden no tachi)
  • (わらび)()太刀(たち) (warabide no tachi)

Proverbs

See also

Proper noun

太刀(たち) • (Tachi

  1. a surname

References

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  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
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