Talk:Yoroi-dōshi

Wrong title

This isn't called a yoroi tōshi in Japanese. It's called a yoroidōshi, as mentioned even in the body of the article. Would someone be kind enough to move this? -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 23:48, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

PS -- I'm doing some copy-edit to fix spellings, etc. -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 23:49, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

• It's been a couple weeks and no objections arose, so I was bold and moved it. -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 22:31, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

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yoroidoshi singular or plural?

Is this word singular or plural? The first sentence would read more naturally "a yoroidōshi (鎧通し?) "armor piercer"[1][2] or "mail piercer"[3] was one of the traditionally made Japanese swords" or "the yoroidōshi (鎧通し?) "armor piercer"[1][2] or "mail piercer"[3] were traditionally made Japanese swords". --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 19:21, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

@Richardson mcphillips: Japanese has no plural, so borrowings from Japanese into English often use the same form for both singular and plural. Compare kimono, kanji, geta, etc. This is a bit like other English terms that have the same form for both singular and plural, like moose or deer.

So to answer your question, "Is this word singular or plural?" -- Yes.  :) It is both. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 19:24, 17 February 2022 (UTC)