侍
さむらい
Also written 士
Meanings
- Noun warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
- person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
Kanji
- 侍 samurai. Read as さむらい.
Example sentences
- 『カムイの剣』は、1868年の徳川将軍時代の崩壊と、明治天皇下での日本の復興という変革期を舞台にした、一種の侍/忍者物語だ。
Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868. - 『うぐいす侍』人間愛とユーモア溢れる侍物語。
"The Nightingale Samurai" is a samurai tale full of humanity and humour. - 現代の日本に忍者や侍はいません。
Nowadays there are no ninjas or samurais in Japan. - 太郎には侍の血が流れている。
A samurai's blood runs in Taro's veins.
Common phrases
Words containing 侍
- 侍ジャパン (さむらいジャパン) Samurai Japan (national baseball team)
- 侍所 (さむらいどころ) Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office)
- 地侍 (じざむらい) provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
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