What is "yari"

n. (context weapons Japan English) A spear used in martial arts, of various sizes.

is the term for one of the traditionally made Japanese blades (nihonto) in the form of a spear, or more specifically, the straight-headed spear. The martial art of wielding the yari is called sōjutsu.

Yari may refer to :

• Yari, a weapon
• Mount Yari, the 'Matterhorn of Japan'
• Yari Allnutt (1970-), a retired soccer player from the United States
• Yari, Benin
• Yari, Colombia, a place in Colombia
• Yari, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran
• Yari people, an uncontacted people of Colombia, living in the upper region of the Río Yari, a tributary of the Japurá River
  • The assumed Yari language
• Sony Ericsson Yari, a mobile phone from Sony Ericsson