Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-30711988-20170327160055/@comment-2188433-20170331004650

SneaselSawashiro wrote:

I still disagree with the spear/lance part but seeing as you still want to stick to personal translations and me being around may = a translation war, then I might as well bail.

I remember someone who knows well Japanese translates it this way, and even Wikipedia redirects me from hoko to hoko yari, which is described as "an ancient form of Japanese spear or yari said to be based on a Chinese spear".