脇わき差ざし

noun

wakizashi; short sword

A traditional Japanese short sword, typically between 30 and 60 cm, worn by samurai as a companion to the katana. Often part of the daishō pair.

• 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。

  Samurai wore two swords, a long and a short one; the shorter was called a wakizashi.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで美うつくしい脇わき差ざしを見けん学がくした。

  I saw a beautiful wakizashi at the museum.