Talk:Dragon Nikana/@comment-144.131.91.1-20140709155632/@comment-88.113.178.17-20140722214357

"sheath (plural sheaths) 1.A scabbard; a holster for a sword. 2.Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard for a sword that is for the purpose of holding an object that is longer than it is wide; a case. 3.The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable. 4.A tight-fitting dress. 5.(UK) A condom. 6.The foreskin of certain animals, e.g. dogs and horses. 7.The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses. 8.One of the elytra of an insect."

"Scabbard", OTOH, *specifically* refers to "a sheath for holding a sword, knife, or other large blade" so, yeah. And whatever the fuck the Japanese term for such is is quite irrelevant, we're talking English here.