Meanings
nounōdachi (plural ōdachi)
- alternativeAlternative form of odachi.
Itosu wielded an ōdachi, greaves, and gauntlets.
2018 August 20, C. R. Jenerette, chapter 7, in Elementium, Bloomington, Ind.: Abbott Press, →ISBN2 more examples
This Mendo was a kid, and he wielded an ōdachi that he couldn’t carry right.
2019, J[oshua] B[rian] M[cCabe] Patrick, “Mendo’s Shadow”, in Angelos Odyssey, volume 2, Indiana: Shingen Blue Publishing, →ISBN“The long wounds indicate a draw-cut weapon,” Mattis said. “Likely either a tachi or an ōdachi.”
2021, John Goodrich, chapter 7, in Little Britches, Macabre Ink, →ISBN
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APA
ōdachi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C5%8Ddachi
MLA
“ōdachi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C5%8Ddachi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ōdachi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C5%8Ddachi.
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