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bokuto

bokuto noun: bokken, a wooden katana used for practice.

Noun

bokuto (plural bokutos or bokuto)

  1. bokken, a wooden katana used for practice.
    • Someone said that a bokuto approximates the weight and size/length of a katana. I would agree on size/length, but definitely not weight.2002 October 31, RICMRUNNER, “Japanese swords”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)

Forms of bokuto

pluralbokutos
pluralbokuto

Origin of bokuto

From Japanese 木刀 (bokutō).

Questions about bokuto

What does bokuto mean?
Bokuto means bokken, a wooden katana used for practice.
What part of speech is bokuto?
Bokuto is a noun.
What is the plural of bokuto?
The plural of bokuto is bokutos.

Words near bokuto in the dictionary

  1. bokos
  2. Bokovo-Khrustalne
  3. Boks
  4. Boksburg
  5. boku
  6. bokuto
  7. Boky
  8. Bokyi
  9. Boké
  10. bol
  11. bol'shak

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