kunai
A highly stylized kunai, as often portrayed in fiction
Meaning
Noun
- A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel, used as a weapon by ninja or samurai.
- A species of grass, Imperata cylindrica, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australasia, Africa, and southern Europe, and widely introduced to the New World.
Origin
- From Japanese 苦無.
- From Tok Pisin kunai ("grass, grassland"), from Tolai kunəi ("long grass").
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