What is "tsurugi"

A is a Japanese sword, akin to the jian Chinese sword. The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword used in antiquity.

The is a high-speed shinkansen train service operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between and on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line in Japan. The shinkansen service was introduced on 14 March 2015, but the name was first used for a limited express overnight " Blue Train" sleeping car train service operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by JR West from 1961 until 1994. It was named after Mount Tsurugi.

Tsurugi may refer to:

• Tsurugi (sword), a type of Japanese sword
• Tsurugi butai ("strike force Tsurugi"), an alternate name for the WWII Japanese Air Group 343 Kōkūtai, so called after the tsurugi Japanese sword
• Tsurugi (train), a train service in Japan
• Tsurugi-class patrol vessel
• The Nakajima Ki-115 aircraft, known as Tsurugi