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A Japanese chimera with the features of the beasts from the Chinese Zodiac: a rat's head, rabbit ears, ox horns, a horse's mane, a rooster's comb, a sheep's beard, a dragon's neck, a back like that of a boar, a tiger's shoulders and belly, monkey arms, a dog's hindquarters, and a snake's tail.
Tomoe (巴, also written 鞆絵), [a] commonly translated as "comma", [2] [3] is a comma-like swirl symbol used in Japanese mon (roughly equivalent to a heraldic badge or charge in European heraldry). It closely resembles the usual form of a magatama. The tomoe appears in many designs with various uses.
tantō (短刀, lit. short sword) – knife or dagger (strictly speaking only the former) with a length (nagasa) shorter than 30 cm (12 in) and typically about 26 cm (10 in). Usually constructed in flat style (hira-zukuri). Also called mijikagatana. (also see tanken, kaiken) [27] tō (刀) – single-edged blades (saber/knife) of any size or shape.
The Japanese name orochi derives from Old Japanese woröti with a regular o-from wo-shift, [5] but its etymology is enigmatic. Besides this ancient orochi reading, the kanji, 大蛇, are commonly pronounced daija, "big snake; large serpent".
The naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is a polearm and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (). [1] [2] Naginata were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and sōhei (warrior monks). [3]
National symbols of Japan are the symbols that are used in Japan to represent what is unique about the nation, reflecting different aspects of its cultural life and history. [ 1 ] Symbols of Japan