Tsurugi
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This article is about the sword. For the plane, see Nakajima Ki-115. For the town, see Tsurugi, Tokushima.
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"Tsurugi" (剣) is a Japanese word used to refer to any type of broadsword, or those akin to the Chinese (jian). The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword no longer in common use.
[edit] Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi
Main article: Kusanagi
The current name for the sword which is one of the Three Imperial Regalia of Japan is "Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi."
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