kunai

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English

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A highly stylized kunai, as often portrayed in fiction

Etymology 1

From Japanese 苦無 (くない, kunai).

Noun

kunai (plural kunai)

  1. A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel, used as a weapon by ninja or samurai.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Tok Pisin kunai (“grass, grassland”), from Tolai kunəi (“long grass”).

Noun

kunai (uncountable)

  1. A species of grass, Imperata cylindrica, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australasia, Africa, and southern Europe, and widely introduced to the New World.

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

kunai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くない

Thao

Noun

kunai

  1. wild pigeon
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