User blog comment:Nerdvana/Katana, Ninjato and the meaning of words/@comment-93957-20190526071718/@comment-232990-20190526100147

So its contextual? As I understood it from the above quoted article the word "katana" literally means sword so even if they use it the way we use it do they use it in the literal sense also?

Also, just cause I'm curious, do you know that its used that way in Japan from personal experience?