This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

刀禰

Reading

Kana: とね
Romaji: tone
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

priest (used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo)

(Shinto term)
2

member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system

Note: archaism
See also: 四等官
3

government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto

Note: archaism
4

prominent member of a town

Note: archaism
5

river boatman; captain of a riverboat

6

(medieval) harbor manager

Note: archaism
7

bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands

Note: archaism

Kanji

Readings: トウ、 かたな、 そり
Meanings: sword, saber, knife
Readings: ネ、 デイ、 ナイ
Meaning: ancestral shrine