Santoryu
三刀流
さんとうりゅう
literallythree sword style
Zoro's style.
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三
- 再三さいさんagain and again
- 三回さんかいthree times
- 三角さんかくtriangle
- 三月さんがつMarch
- 三権さんけんthe three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
刀
- 剃刀かみそりrazor
流
- 一流いちりゅうfirst-class
- 下流かりゅうdownstream
- 海流かいりゅうocean current
- 還流かんりゅうreturn current
- 源流げんりゅうsource (e.g. of a river)