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I don\\\'t know enough about Japanese swords to weigh in on the various types, but \\\"tsurugi\\\" (other reading: \\\"ken\\\") is a generic term meaning \\\"sword\\\" and may refer to any type of broadsword, including non-Japanese ones. Kusanagi\\\'s original name, Murakumo no tsurugi means \\\"Sword of Gathering Clouds,\\\" and its later name, Kusanagi no tsurugi means \\\"Grass-mowing Sword\\\" because that\\\'s what Yamato Takeru did with it, cutting grass. (Among other things.) The word \\\"katana\\\" tends to refer either to sabres (again, not only Japanese ones) or to Japanese swords in general.

Btw the correct term for \\\"Japanese sword\\\" is \\\"nihontou\\\" which means exactly that. This is the umbrella term under which various Japanese sword types such as katana, tachi, etc. belong to.

I don\\\'t know enough about Japanese swords to weigh in on the various types, but \\\"tsurugi\\\" (other reading: \\\"ken\\\") is a generic term meaning \\\"sword\\\" and may refer to any type of broadsword, including non-Japanese ones. Kusanagi\\\'s original name, Murakumo no tsurugi means \\\"Sword of Gathering Clouds,\\\" and its later name, Kusanagi no tsurugi means \\\"Grass-mowing Sword\\\" because that\\\'s what Yamato Takeru did with it, cutting grass. (Among other things.) The word \\\"katana\\\" tends to refer either to sabres (again, not only Japanese ones) or Japanese swords in general.

Btw the correct term for \\\"Japanese sword\\\" is \\\"nihontou\\\" which means exactly that. This is the umbrella term under which various Japanese sword types such as katana, tachi, etc. belong to.

I don\\\'t know enough about Japanese swords to weigh in on the various types, but \\\"tsurugi\\\" (other reading: \\\"ken\\\") is a generic term meaning \\\"sword\\\" and may refer to any type of broadsword, including non-Japanese ones. Kusanagi\\\'s original name, Murakumo no tsurugi means \\\"Sword of Gathering Clouds,\\\" and its later name, Kusanagi no tsurugi means \\\"Grass-mowing Sword\\\" because that\\\'s what Yamato Takeru did with it, cutting grass. (Among other things.) The word \\\"katana\\\" tends to refer to sabres, again, not only Japanese ones.

The term for \\\"Japanese sword\\\" is \\\"nihontou\\\" which means exactly that. This is the umbrella term under which various Japanese sword types such as katana, tachi, etc. belong to.

I don\\\'t know enough about Japanese swords to weigh in on the various types, but \\\"tsurugi\\\" (other reading: \\\"ken\\\") is a generic term meaning \\\"sword\\\" and may refer to any type of broadsword, including non-Japanese ones. Kusanagi\\\'s original name, Murakumo no tsurugi means \\\"Sword of Gathering Clouds,\\\" and its later name, Kusanagi no tsurugi means \\\"Grass-mowing Sword\\\" because that\\\'s what Yamato Takeru did with it, cutting grass. (Among other things.)

The term for \\\"Japanese sword\\\" is \\\"nihontou\\\" which means exactly that. This is the umbrella term under which various Japanese sword types such as katana, tachi, etc. belong to.

I don\\\'t know enough about Japanese swords to weigh in on the various types, but \\\"tsurugi\\\" (other reading: \\\"ken\\\") is a generic term meaning \\\"sword\\\" and may refer to any type of broadsword, including non-Japanese ones. Kusanagi\\\'s original name, Murakumo no tsurugi means \\\"Sword of Gathering Clouds,\\\" and its later name, Kusanagi no tsurugi means \\\"Grass-mowing Sword\\\" because that\\\'s what Yamato Takeru did with it, cutting grass. (Among other things.)

The term for \\\"Japanese sword\\\" is \\\"nihontou\\\" which means exactly that. This is the umbrella term under which various Japanese sword types such as katana, tachi, etc. belong to.

I don\\\'t know enough about Japanese swords to weigh in on the various types, but \\\"tsurugi\\\" (other reading: \\\"ken\\\") is a generic term meaning \\\"sword.\\\" Kusanagi\\\'s original name, Murakumo no tsurugi means \\\"Sword of Gathering Clouds,\\\" and its later name, Kusanagi no tsurugi means \\\"Grass-mowing Sword\\\" because that\\\'s what Yamato Takeru did with it, cutting grass. (Among other things.)

The term for \\\"Japanese sword\\\" is \\\"nihontou\\\" which means exactly that. This is the umbrella term under which various Japanese sword types such as katana, tachi, etc. belong to.

I don\\\'t know enough about Japanese swords to weigh in on the various types, but \\\"tsurugi\\\" (other reading: \\\"ken\\\") is a generic term meaning \\\"sword.\\\" Kusanagi\\\'s original name, Murakumo no tsurugi means \\\"Sword of Gathering Clouds,\\\" and its later name, Kusanagi no tsurugi means \\\"Grass-mowing Sword\\\" because that\\\'s what Yamato Takeru did with it, cutting grass. (Among other things.)

The term for \\\"Japanese sword\\\" is \\\"nihontou\\\" which means exactly that. This is the umbrella term under which various Japanese sword types belong to.