By lyuesword | 21 September 2020 | 2 Comments
KATANA GLOSSARY (Part Ⅲ)
| KABUTO | helmet | |
| KABUTO-GANE | tachi style pommel cap |  |
| KABUTO-WARI | helmet breaker | |
| KAEN | flame shaped boshi |  |
| KATAKIRI | sword with one side flat (no shinogi) | |
| KAERI | turnback (refers to the boshi at the mune) | |
| KAI GUNTO | naval sword |  |
| KAJI | A famous swordsmith | |
| KAKIHAN | swordsmiths or tsuba makers monogram | |
| KAKU-MUNE | square back ridge |  |
| KAMIKAZI | divine wind | |
| KANJI | Japanese characters | |
| KANMURI-OTOSHI | backridge beveled like a naginata |  |
| KANTEI | sword appraisal | |
| KAO | carved monogram of swordsmith on tang |  |
| KASANE | thickness of blade | |
| KASHIRA | sword pommel or buttcap |  |
| KATANA | sword worn in the obi, cutting edge up |  |
| KATANA KAKE | sword stand | |
| KATANA-MEI | signature side that faces out when worn edge up | |
| KAWAGANE | skin or surface steel |  |
| KAZU-UCHI MONO | mass produced swords | |
| KEBORI | line carving done on sword mounts | |
| KEN | straight double edged sword |  |
| KENGYO | triangular or pointed nakago-jiri |  |
| KESHO YASURIME | decorative file marks on nakago |  |
| KIJIMATA | pheasant thigh shaped nakago |  |
| KIJIMOMO | pheasant leg shaped nakago |  |
| KIKUBA | chrysanthemum temperline (hamon) |  |
| KIN | gold | |
| KINKO | soft metal sword fittings | |
| KIN-MEI | gold inlay or gold lacquer appraiser's signature | |
| KINZOGAN-MEI | attribution in gold inlay on nakago |  |
| KINSUJI | whitish line along hamon |  |
| KIRI HA | flat sword with both sides beveled to the edge |  |
| KIRI KOMI | sword cut or nick on the blade from another sword | |
| KISSAKI | point of blade | |
| KITAE | forging | |
| KIZU | flaw | |
| KO | old or small | |
| KOBUSE | blade constructed with hard steel around a soft core |  |
| KO-CHOJI | small choji hamon | |
| KODACHI | small tachi | |
| KODOGU | all the sword fittings except the tsuba | |
| KOGAI | hair pick accessory |  |
| KOIGUCHI | the mouth of the scabbard or its fitting |  |
| KOJIRI | end of the scabbard |  |
| KOKUHO | national treasure class sword |  |
| KO-MARU | small round boshi |  |
| KO-MIDARE | small irregular hamon | |
| KO-MOKUME | small wood grain hada | |
| KO-NIE | small or fine nie | |
| KO-NIE DEKI | composed of small nie | |
| KOSHIATE | leather suspensors (hangers) for a sword |  |
| KOSHIRAE | sword mountings or fittings | |
| KOSHI-ZORI | curve of the blade is near the hilt |  |
| KOTO | Old Sword Period (prior to about 1596) | |
| KOZUKA | handle of accessory knife |  |
| KUBIKIRI | small tanto for cutting the neck or removing heads |  |
| KUNI | province | |
| KURIJIRI | rounded nakago jiri |  |
| KURIKARA | dragon horimono (engraving/carving) |  |
| KURIKATA | scabbard fitting for attaching the sageo | |
| KUZURE | crumbling or disintegrating | |
| KWAIKEN | short knife carried by women |  |
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