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Japanese symbol for “sabre”

Romaji: saaburu
sabre (fencing); saber

In Japanese, sabre is (saaburu).

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Meanings

  1. n sabre (fencing); saber

Other Japanese words for “sabre”

WordReadingMeaning
サーベル saaberusaber (cavalry sword); sabre
ぐんとう guntoumilitary sword; saber; sabre
ようとう youtousabre; saber
セイバー seibaaSabre (jet fighter)

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.