鉄てっ刀とう

noun

steel sword; iron sword

General term for a sword made of iron or steel. Also refers specifically to a type of iron sword from the latter half of the Kofun period (historical term).

• 古こ墳ふん時じ代だい後こう期きの遺い跡せきから鉄てっ刀とうが出しゅつ土どした。

  An iron sword was excavated from a site of the latter half of the Kofun period.

• この博はく物ぶつ館かんには様さま々ざまな鉄てっ刀とうが展てん示じされている。

  Various steel swords are on display at this museum.