刃渡り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
刃 渡
は
Grade: S		 わた
Grade: S

Noun

刃渡り (hiragana はわたり, rōmaji hawatari)

  1. length of a blade[1]
    刃渡 (はわた)り１６ (じゅうろく)センチのナイフ
    hawatari jūroku senchi no naifu
    a 16-centimeter knife
  2. acrobatic act of walking barefoot on a sword[2]

References
  1. 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  2. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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