Meanings

a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)

right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)

making great haste, having been caught off guard

dagger

cutting the cake (at a wedding)

having exhausted every available means

to employ one's secret weapon

Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons

Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons

kanji "sword" radical at right (radical 18)

small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like

bronze currency of ancient China (both spade-shaped coins and knife coins)

knife money

sheathing a sword

sword brimming over with life force

to exhaust all one's options

katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)

curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.)

metal fake sword (esp. one that greatly resembles a real sword)

art of sword drawing