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Compound of 脇(waki, “armpit, side of the torso”) + 差(sashi, the 連用形(ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 差すsasu “to insert, to stick into”), from the way the wakizashi would be stuck at one's side through the 帯(obi, “belt or sash”).[1] The sashi changes to zashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
