袈け裟さ斬ぎり

noun

diagonal slash from the shoulder

A sword technique where the cut is delivered diagonally from the shoulder across the body, named after the similar line of a Buddhist surplice (袈裟). Used in historical or martial arts contexts.

• 侍さむらいは袈け裟さ斬ぎりで敵てきを倒たおした。

  The samurai felled his enemy with a diagonal slash from the shoulder.

• 剣けん道どうの稽けい古こで袈け裟さ斬ぎりの形かたを練れん習しゅうする。

  We practice the form of the diagonal shoulder cut in kendo training.