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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Japanese 苦無 (くない, kunai).
Noun[edit]
kunai (plural kunai)
- A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel, used as a weapon by ninja or samurai.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
tool and weapon
Etymology 2[edit]
From Tok Pisin kunai (“grass, grassland”), from Tolai kunəi (“long grass”).
Noun[edit]
kunai (uncountable)
- A species of grass, Imperata cylindrica, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australasia, Africa, and southern Europe, and widely introduced to the New World.
Anagrams[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
kunai
Thao[edit]
Noun[edit]
kunai
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