Santoryu

三刀流

さんとうりゅう

literallythree sword style

Zoro's style.

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The same characters show up in everyday Japanese. This is where one anime word turns into ten real ones.

三
  • 三さんthree
  • 三月さんがつMarch
  • 三人さんにんthree people
  • 十三じゅうさんthirteen
  • 三十さんじゅうthirty
刀
  • 刀かたなsword
  • 剃刀かみそりrazor
流
  • 交流こうりゅうexchange
  • 流れながれflow
  • 流通りゅうつうcirculation
  • 主流しゅりゅうmainstream
  • 流出りゅうしゅつoutflow

三・刀・流 — every one of these is a square on the grid of 2,136 jōyō kanji. Three a day, quizzed through real words.

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