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A samurai in the Edo Era carried two swords.
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Vocabulary list

edojidai
noun
  1. Edo period (1603-1868 CE)
edo
noun
  1. Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
jidai
noun
  1. period; epoch; era; age
  2. the times; those days
  3. oldness; ancientness; antiquity
  4. antique; period piece
bushi
noun
  1. warrior; samurai
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
katana
noun
  1. sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana
  2. scalpel
  3. chisel; burin; graver
  4. knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
nihon
noun
  1. two (long cylindrical things)
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
hon
noun
  1. book; volume; script
prefix
  1. this; present
  2. main; head
  3. real; regular
suffix, counter
  1. counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls (sometimes pronounced ぼん or ぽん)
sasu

te-form

sashite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust
  2. to sting; to bite
  3. to sew; to stitch; to embroider
  4. to pole (a boat)
  5. to catch (with a limed pole)
  6. to put (a runner) out; to pick off
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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