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居合い抜き

居合い抜き

居合抜き、居合抜

Reading

Kana: いあいぬき

Romaji: iainuki

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

1

iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

See also: 居合い

2

iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

Kanji

Readings: キョ、コ、い.る、 -い、お.る

Meanings: reside, to be, exist, live with

Readings: ゴウ、ガッ、カッ、あ.う、 -あ.う、あ.い、あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、あ.わす、あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる

Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1

Readings: バツ、ハツ、ハイ、ぬ.く、 -ぬ.く、ぬ.き、ぬ.ける、ぬ.かす、ぬ.かる

Meanings: slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit