‖n. pl. & sing. [ Jap. ] In the former feudal system of Japan, the class or a member of the class, of military retainers of the daimios, constituting the gentry or lesser nobility. They possessed power of life and death over the commoners, and wore two swords as their distinguishing mark. Their special rights and privileges were abolished with the fall of feudalism in 1871. They were referred to as “a cross between a knight and a gentleman”. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

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中間;仲間

[ちゅうげん, chuugen] (n, adj-no) samurai's attendant; footman #3521

武士(P);武夫

[ぶし(武士)(P);ぶふ(武夫);もののふ(武士), bushi ( bushi )(P); bufu ( takeo ); mononofu ( bushi )] (n) warrior; samurai; (P) #3799

侍

[さむらい(P);さぶらい, samurai (P); saburai] (n) (1) warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (2) (さぶらい only) (arch) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer; (P) #4255

卒

[そつ, sotsu] (n) (1) low-ranking soldier; (2) (abbr) (See 卒業) graduation; (3) (abbr) (See 卒族) low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); (4) (abbr) (See 卒去) death (of a noble, etc.) #4299

奴

[やつ(P);しゃつ(ok), yatsu (P); shatsu (ok)] (n) (1) servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); (2) chivalrous man (c. Edo period); (3) (abbr) (See 奴豆腐) cubed tofu (often served cold); (4) (abbr) (See 奴凧) kite shaped like a footman; (5) (abbr) (See 奴頭) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; (6) enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (pn) (7) (arch) (derog) he; she; him; her #6984

武家

[ぶけ, buke] (n) samurai; warrior; military family #8475

浪人

[ろうにん, rounin] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve; (2) out of work; (3) waiting for another chance to enter a university; (P) #10649

徒;徒士;徒歩;歩;歩行

[かち, kachi] (n) (1) foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (2) (徒, 徒歩, 歩, 歩行 only) (arch) (See 徒歩) going on foot; walking #12800

夷;戎

[えびす, ebisu] (n) (1) (arch) (See 蝦夷) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); (3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); (4) (derog) foreigner; barbarian #13165

士族

[しぞく, shizoku] (n) (See 華族・かぞく) family or person with samurai ancestors #18358

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侍

[さむらい, samurai] Samurai

侍気質

[さむらいかたぎ, samuraikatagi] Samuraigeist

剣劇

[けんげき, kengeki] Samurai-Drama

士

[し, shi] SAMURAI, GEFOLGSMANN, MANN, GELEHRTER

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