English Dictionary

kukri

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkʊkɹi/

名詞

A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters; many variants exist, but all share recurve as a common theme.

日本語の意味

ネパール産の曲刃ナイフで、特にグルカ戦士が使用するもの。さまざまなバリエーションが存在するが、リカーブ構造が共通している。

The Gurkha carried his kukri with quiet pride as he walked through the mountain pass.

そのグルカ兵は山の峠を歩きながら、グルカ兵が使う湾曲したネパールのナイフを静かな誇りとともに携えていた。

意味（1）

A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters; many variants exist, but all share recurve as a common theme.

In the later part of the Second World War it was customary in the French army to vaunt the ferocity of ‘their’ Algerian Tirailleurs against the Germans, much as the British took pride in the deeds performed by the Gurkhas with their terrible kukris.

kukris （ plural ）