wakizashi
Noun. A Japanese short sword, often paired with the katana (''daitou'') in the daisho. It is forged in the same way as a katana, but it was much shorter and rarely used in real combat.This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
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