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tachi

tachi noun: a pre-katana style Japanese sword, characterized by a longer blade with more curvature.

Noun

tachi (plural tachi or tachis)

  1. A pre-katana style Japanese sword, characterized by a longer blade with more curvature.

Forms of tachi

pluraltachi
pluraltachis

Origin of tachi

Borrowed from Japanese 太刀 (tachi).

Questions about tachi

What does tachi mean?
Tachi means a pre-katana style Japanese sword, characterized by a longer blade with more curvature.
What part of speech is tachi?
Tachi is a noun.
What is the plural of tachi?
The plural of tachi is tachi.

Words near tachi in the dictionary

  1. tacheometer
  2. tacheometers
  3. tacheometry
  4. taches
  5. tachhydrite
  6. tachi
  7. tachi-
  8. tachi-seki
  9. tachiai
  10. Tachibana
  11. tachibana orange

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