二に本ほん差ざし

noun

two-sworded samurai; wearing two swords

Refers to a samurai who wears both a long and a short sword, the traditional mark of the warrior class in the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、武ぶ士しは二に本ほん差ざしであることが身み分ぶんの証あかしだった。

  In the Edo period, being two-sworded was a mark of a samurai's status.