• A Japanese knife or small sword, they are forged generally in hira-zukuri, meaning that they have no ridge-line, unlike the shinogi-zukuri shape of a katana. They were generally very thin and therefore would cut soft targets extremely well.
    It is also the shortest of three similar swords, the wakizashi and the katana


    Tanto meaning & definition 1 of Tanto.


  • A tanto is very similar to a katana. It is shorter, about 6-12 (15-30 cm) and very thin. It was designed for stabbing, but could be used to slash.

    Tanto meaning & definition 2 of Tanto.


  • Word when a Mexican teenager looks like hes 30.

    Tanto meaning & definition 3 of Tanto.


  • When you team up with a bro to double team a broad and the balls rub together creating friction and sparking a small fire, needing only marshmallows and smores

    Tanto meaning & definition 4 of Tanto.


  • Urban/Gangsta nickname for someone from the streets

    Tanto meaning & definition 5 of Tanto.


  • A person of Indian descent . Not Native American, The India Subcontinent
    Originates from the epic Film Whos Harry Crumb? starring the legendary John Franklin Candy.

    Tanto meaning & definition 6 of Tanto.


  • Tanto in Aikido. A single-edged knife.

    Tanto meaning & definition 7 of Tanto.


  • @agnes
    It's also the smallest of 5, not 3, sizes in the katana/gatana family... nődachi/ődachi being the greatsword, and the nagamaki being a katana on a roughly equal length hilt.

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  • @agnes
    It's also the smallest of 5, not 3, sizes in the katana/gatana family... nődachi/ődachi being the greatsword, and the nagamaki being a katana on a roughly equal length hilt.

    Tanto meaning & definition 9 of Tanto.

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