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daisho

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
daisho
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Japanese pair of swords, consisting of the katana and wakizashi.

Etymology

From Japanese 大小(だいしょう) (daishō), from 大(だい) (dai, “large”) + 小(しょう) (shō, “small”), in reference to the comparative size of the swords.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

daishos (plural) daishou (alternative) daishoh (alternative) daisyou (alternative) daisyoh (alternative) daisyo (alternative) daishō (alternative)

Questions

What does daisho mean?
A traditional Japanese pair of swords, consisting of the katana and wakizashi.
Where does daisho come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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