真剣勝負

しんけんしょうぶ

fighting with real swords, game played in real earnest

真剣交際

しんけんこうさい

serious relationship (esp. one with the prospect of marriage)

真剣白刃取り

しんけんしらはどり

stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands

剣

けん つるぎ

sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword), sabre, saber, blade

木剣

ぼっけん ぼくけん もくけん もっけん

bokken, wooden sword

剣形

けんがた

sword shape

剣豪

けんごう

master fencer

剣難

けんなん

the calamity of being killed by the sword

剣山

けんざん

needle-point holder (in ikebana), frog

剣幕

けんまく

threatening attitude, menacing look, angry look

抜剣

ばっけん

drawing one's sword

孤剣

こけん

sole sword, unarmed but for a sword

刀剣

とうけん

sword, dagger, knife, bayonet

剣璽

けんじ

sacred sword and jewels

帯剣

たいけん

wearing a sword, being armed with a sword, sword

霊剣

れいけん

sword possessing mystical powers, virtuous sword

剣舞

けんぶ

sword dance

剣竜

けんりゅう

stegosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Stegosauria)

剣先

けんさき

point of a sword