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十手

十手

Japanese

十手 (jitte): Antique Japanese iron truncheon and scabbard.
Kanji in this term
じっ
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Alternative forms

  • 實手

Noun

十手 (hiragana じって, romaji jitte)

  1. (weaponry) a Japanese martial arts truncheon:
    A specialized weapon used by police in Edo period Japan. Sometimes incorrectly spelled jutte in English-language sources.

Derived terms

  • 十手術 (じってじゅつ, jitte jutsu): jitte technique

See also

(さい, sai)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9