脇差

Japanese
脇差: a wakizashi (with both full koshirae and simpler shirasaya) below a katana (also with koshirae and shirasaya), showing the difference in size.
Kanji in this term
脇 差
わき
Grade: S		 さ(し) > ざ(し)
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 脇 (waki, “armpit, side of the torso”) +‎ 差 (sashi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 差す sasu “to insert, to stick into”), from the way the wakizashi would be stuck at one's side through the 帯 (obi, “belt or sash”).[1] The sashi changes to zashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

脇差 (hiragana わきざし, rōmaji wakizashi)

  1. (weaponry) a traditional Japanese shortsword, often used as a secondary weapon to a katana
    Traditionally 30cm to 60cm in length. For more details, see Wakizashi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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