wakizashin.

Brit.

/ˌwakɪˈzaʃi/, U.S.

/ˌwɑkiˈzɑʃi/

Inflections: Plural wakizashis, unchanged.

Forms: 1700s wakisasi, 1800s– wakizashi. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese wakizashi.

Etymology: < Japanese wakizashi (late 14th cent.; 1592 as vaqizaxi in the romanized edition of Heike Monogatari; 1830 as wa-gi za-si in W. H. Medhurst Japanese & Eng. Vocab., glossed as ‘sidesword’) < waki side, flank + -zashi , combining form of sashi , nominalized stem of < sasu to insert, wear (a sword) at one's side in a sash. Compare earlier wacadash n.

A type of samurai sword, shorter than the katana.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > other types of sword

heading sword1513

tonsword?1578

dancing rapier1594

fox1599

back-sword1611

acinaces1653

sahaguna1668

walking sword1677

diego1709

wakizashi1727

kleywang1783

pedang1817

sundang1852

tachi1948

1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan II. iii. v. 46 Wakisasi, a Scimiter of Fudo which they wear stuck in their Girdle on the left side. It is somewhat shorter than a Katanna, and kept in a flat sheath.

1871 A. B. F. Mitford Tales Old Japan II. 235 One of the three attendant officers then came forward, bearing a stand..on which..lay the wakizashi, the short sword or dirk of the Japanese, nine inches and a half in length, with a point and an edge as sharp as a razor's.

1876 W. E. Griffis Mikado's Empire ii. xv. 534 In his girdle was thrust the usual sidearm, a wakizashi, or dirk.

1926 ‘F. Beeding’ Little White Hag xxi. 316 He removed from his girdle a small Japanese dagger, the wakizashi, some nine inches long.

1970 F. Wilkinson Edged Weapons xiii. 200 Next in size, between one and two feet long, came the wakizashi, which was a smaller version of the katana.

1994 E. Lustbader Floating City (1995) 514 Thus surrounded by beauty, he thrust the wakizashi into his lower belly.

2007 S. Miller Hi-Yah! 69 The wakizashi..would be worn at all times and was the weapon of choice for indoor fighting. A samurai and his wakizashi were..never parted.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wakizashi
释义	wakizashin. Brit. /ˌwakɪˈzaʃi/, U.S. /ˌwɑkiˈzɑʃi/ Inflections: Plural wakizashis, unchanged. Forms: 1700s wakisasi, 1800s– wakizashi. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese wakizashi. Etymology: < Japanese wakizashi (late 14th cent.; 1592 as vaqizaxi in the romanized edition of Heike Monogatari; 1830 as wa-gi za-si in W. H. Medhurst Japanese & Eng. Vocab., glossed as ‘sidesword’) < waki side, flank + -zashi , combining form of sashi , nominalized stem of < sasu to insert, wear (a sword) at one's side in a sash. Compare earlier wacadash n. A type of samurai sword, shorter than the katana. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > other types of sword heading sword1513 tonsword?1578 dancing rapier1594 fox1599 back-sword1611 acinaces1653 sahaguna1668 walking sword1677 diego1709 wakizashi1727 kleywang1783 pedang1817 sundang1852 tachi1948 1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan II. iii. v. 46 Wakisasi, a Scimiter of Fudo which they wear stuck in their Girdle on the left side. It is somewhat shorter than a Katanna, and kept in a flat sheath. 1871 A. B. F. Mitford Tales Old Japan II. 235 One of the three attendant officers then came forward, bearing a stand..on which..lay the wakizashi, the short sword or dirk of the Japanese, nine inches and a half in length, with a point and an edge as sharp as a razor's. 1876 W. E. Griffis Mikado's Empire ii. xv. 534 In his girdle was thrust the usual sidearm, a wakizashi, or dirk. 1926 ‘F. Beeding’ Little White Hag xxi. 316 He removed from his girdle a small Japanese dagger, the wakizashi, some nine inches long. 1970 F. Wilkinson Edged Weapons xiii. 200 Next in size, between one and two feet long, came the wakizashi, which was a smaller version of the katana. 1994 E. Lustbader Floating City (1995) 514 Thus surrounded by beauty, he thrust the wakizashi into his lower belly. 2007 S. Miller Hi-Yah! 69 The wakizashi..would be worn at all times and was the weapon of choice for indoor fighting. A samurai and his wakizashi were..never parted. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1727
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