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侍さむらいは大だい小しょう二に本ほんの刀かたなを差さしていたが、そのうち短みじかい方ほうを脇わき差ざしと呼よんだ。

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侍さむらい

samurai; warrior

大だい小しょう

daishō (matched long and short swords)

noun, no-adjective

二に本ほん

two (long cylindrical things)

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

刀かたなを差さし

wear a sword; carry a sword at one's side

-> 刀を差すexpression, verb

and; and then; then; because; so; since; by; through; with; although; but; yet; connects to auxiliary verbs (e.g., ている, ていく); forms compound verbs (e.g., やって来る); please (do)

particle, conjunction

be; exist; stay; be ...-ing; have ...-ed; be ...-ed

-> いるichidan verb, auxiliary

past tense or completed action

before long; soon; someday; sooner or later; among them; of those; of the aforementioned

expression, adverb

短みじかい

short (length, distance, time)

the side in a comparison; the one that is more

脇わき差ざし

wakizashi; short sword

quotation, conditional, companion, or and marker

name; designate; brand

-> 呼ぶgodan verb

past tense or completed action