noun
second slash; second cut
Used in contexts of swordsmanship or combat to refer to the second strike after an initial attack. Often appears in set phrases like 二の太刀を浴びせる (to land a second blow).
彼は初太刀をかわしたが、二の太刀で倒れた。
He dodged the first strike, but fell to the second slash.
二の太刀を浴びせる隙がなかった。
There was no opening to land a second cut.