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A samurai in the Edo Era carried two swords.
江戸時代、武士は刀を2本刺していた。
This sword has a strange history.
この刀は不思議ないわれがある。
He is very direct about it.
彼はそれについて単刀直入だ。
Play one's trump card.
伝家の宝刀をぬく。
Their swords clashed.
二人の刀がガチッと切りあった。
When it comes to good quality wine, no country can rival France.
良質のぶどう酒ではフランスに太刀打ちできる国はない。
Iaido, it is a form of swordsmanship that strikes down an attacking opponent with one blow of the sword quickly drawn out of its sheath, whether one is sitting or walking.
Swinging their swords with two hands, the warriors bravely battled their enemies to the end.
闘士は両手で刀を二振り持って最後まで敵と勇敢に戦った。
France can't be matched for good wine.
良質のぶどう酒ではフランスに太刀打ちできる国はない。
I asked him point-blank.
僕は単刀直入に尋ねたよ。
You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?
もっと単刀直入に言ってくれないかな。隔靴掻痒の感なきにしもあらずだよ。
I asked him point-blank.
僕は彼に単刀直入に尋ねたよ。
That was a 'cutting the Gordian knot' type of solution.
それは快刀乱麻を断つような解答でした。
Midterm exams start next week. Just cramming the night before won't get you ready. There'll be a lot of tough questions. You should start studying today.
来週から中間テストだ。一夜漬けじゃ、太刀打ちできない問題ばかりだぞ。今日から始めろよ。
Kendo involves dueling between two people who are each equipped with a sword-like stave made of bamboo.
剣道では、竹でできた刀のような棒をそれぞれ身に着けた2人が試合します。
There is nothing to compare with her beauty.
彼女の美しさに太刀打ちできるものはない。
Naginata is one of Japan's traditional martial arts.