By lyuesword | 16 September 2020 | 1 Comments
KATANA GLOSSARY (Part Ⅰ)
| AIKUCHI | a tanto with no tsuba |  |
| ARA-NIE | coarse or large nie |  |
| ASHI | legs (streaks of nioi pointing down toward the edge) |  |
| ATOBORI | horimono added at a later date |  |
| ATO MEI | signature added at a later date |  |
| AYASUGI | large wavey hada (grain) |  |
| BO-HI | large or wide groove |  |
| BOKKEN | wooden sword for practicing sword katana |  |
| BONJI | sanskrit carvings |  |
| BO-UTSURI | faint utsuri (reflection of temperline in ji) |  |
| BOSHI | temper line in kissaki (point) |  |
| BU | Japanese measurement (approx 0.1 inch) | The bladesmiths used to measure blades in units called “shaku” 1 shaku = 1 foot 1 foot = 30.3 cm |
| BUKE | military man, samurai | |
| BUSHIDO | the code of the samurai |  |
| CHIKEI | dark lines that appear in the ji |  |
| CHISA KATANA | short katana |  |
| CHOJI | clove shaped hamon |  |
| CHOJI OIL | oil for the care of swords | |
| CHOJI-MIDARE | irregular choji hamon (temper line) |  |
| CHOKUTO | prehistoric straight swords |  |
| CHU | medium | |
| CHU-KISSAKI | medium sized point | |
| CHU-SUGUHA | straight, medium width temper line |  |
| DAI | great or large | |
| DAI-MEI | student smith signing his teacher's name | |
| DAISHO | a matched pair of long and short swords |  |
| DAITO | long sword (over 24 inches) |  |
| FUCHI | collar on hilt |  |
| FUCHI-KASHIRA | set of hilt collar and buttcap |  |
| FUKURA | curve of the ha or edge in the kissaki |  |
| FUKURE | flaw; usually a blister in the steel |  |
| FUKURIN | rim cover of a tsuba | |
| FUNAGATA | ship bottom shaped nakago |  |
| FUNBARI / FUMBARI | much taper of the blade from the machi to the kissaki |  |
| FURISODE | shape of sword tang that resembling the sleeve of a kimono |  |
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