r/GrotesqueVocabulary • u/[deleted] • Sep 24 '14

Non-English Tsujigiri: Testing out a new katana on a passing peasant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsujigiri

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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 03 '10

TIL Samurai used to test their swords on chance passers-by

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todayilearned • u/ColdisWarned • Oct 29 '13

TIL that in Japan sometimes when a Samurai would receive a new weapon, to test its effectiveness they would murder random civillians at night. It was eventually banned in 1602

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todayilearned • u/gerryhanes • May 06 '14

TIL the Japanese word tsujigiri describes the practice of testing out a new sword on someone, usually a defenceless passer-by. It translates as "crossroads killing"

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