Etymology

odachi

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Today it means: A long, large Japanese sword. Full definition →

Japanese 大太刀
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from大太刀
  2. English todayodachi

Borrowed from Japanese 大太刀 (ōdachi, literally “large tachi”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.