noun

  1. slashing (with the blade pressed against the object).
  2. mowing down (the enemy), cutting down (one after the other).
  3. clean sweep, sweeping conquest.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
なで斬り なでぎり
 
 
 
なで切り なでぎり
 
 
撫で斬り なでぎり
 
 
撫で切り なでぎり
 
撫斬り なでぎり
 
撫切り なでぎり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

beheading, kill, murder
き.る ザン セン (11th)
car
シャ くるま くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る コウ わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (8th, N1)