脇差
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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脇 | 差 |
わき Grade: S |
さ(し) > ざ(し) Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
- (weaponry) a traditional Japanese shortsword, often used as a secondary weapon to a katana
Coordinate terms edit
- 刀 (katana): traditional Japanese single-bladed curved sword
- 短刀 (tantō): traditional Japanese shortsword or dagger (30cm and shorter)
- 大小 (daishō): “big and small”: the katana and wakizashi as a set
See also edit
- 鎧通し (yoroidōshi): a kind of stout dagger intended for thrusting