軍ぐん刀とう

noun

military sword; saber

Refers to a sword carried by military personnel, especially the Western-style saber adopted by the Japanese army in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

• 祖そ父ふの形かた見みとして軍ぐん刀とうが家いえに残のこっている。

  A military sword remains at home as a memento of my grandfather.