Historical Evolution
薙
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
薙
Regular
Modern
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
薙 なぎ
Nagi female given name
JAPANESE WORDS (10)
薙ぎ払う [なぎはらう] #13,302
to mow down
薙ぐ [なぐ] #16,660
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.)
なぎ倒す [なぎたおす] #18,794
to mow down
横薙ぎ [よこなぎ] #21,647
sweeping sideways
薙刀 [なぎなた] #23,957
naginata
草薙の剣 [くさなぎのつるぎ] #123,754
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)
薙刀術 [なぎなたじゅつ] #151,221
art of using a naginata
大水薙鳥 [おおみずなぎどり]
streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)
水薙鳥 [みずなぎどり]
petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)
長刀 [ちょうとう]
long sword