"kunai" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kunai [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 苦無 (くない, kunai). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|苦無|tr=くない, kunai}} Japanese 苦無 (くない, kunai) Head templates: {{en-noun|kunai}} kunai (plural kunai)
  1. A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel, used as a weapon by ninja or samurai. Related terms: shuriken Translations (tool and weapon): kunajo (Esperanto), kunaï [masculine] (French), קונאי (Hebrew), 苦無 (kunai) (alt: くない) (Japanese), 구나이 (gunai) (Korean), कुनाइ (kunāi) [feminine] (Marathi), کونای (Persian), кунай (kunaj) (Russian), คุนะอิ (Thai), кунай (kunaj) (Ukrainian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Tok Pisin kunai (“grass, grassland”), from Tolai kunəi (“long grass”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|tpi|kunai||grass, grassland}} Tok Pisin kunai (“grass, grassland”), {{bor|en|ksd|kunəi||long grass}} Tolai kunəi (“long grass”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kunai (uncountable)
  1. 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-kunai-en-noun-z0lcoh4S Disambiguation of Weapons: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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