‖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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武士

[武士, wǔ shì] warrior; samurai #13794

武士道

[武士道, wǔ shì dào] bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry #66622

切腹

[切腹, qiē fù] harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling

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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

浪士

[ろうし, roushi] (n) ronin; lordless samurai #19203

ちゃんばら映画

[ちゃんばらえいが, chanbaraeiga] (n) samurai movie

ろにん(ik)

[ronin (ik)] (n) (1) (misspelling of ろうにん) (See 浪人) ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve; (2) out of work; (3) waiting for another chance to enter a university

サムライ債

[サムライさい, samurai sai] (n) samurai loan; yen-denominated loan

芋侍

[いもざむらい, imozamurai] (n) rustic (boorish) samurai

円建て外債

[えんだてがいさい, endategaisai] (n) yen-denominated loan; samurai bond

遠侍

[とおさぶらい, toosaburai] (n) (See 武家造) guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period)

加禄

[かろく, karoku] (n) increase in a samurai's stipend

家務

[かむ, kamu] (n) (1) family affairs; family business; (2) steward in charge of the affairs of a samurai family (middle ages)

郷士

[ごうし, goushi] (n) country samurai

剣劇

[けんげき, kengeki] (n) sword play; samurai drama; (P)

犬侍

[いぬざむらい, inuzamurai] (n) cowardly or depraved samurai

肩衣

[かたぎぬ, kataginu] (n) (1) (See 素襖) sleeveless ceremonial robe for samurai (replacing the Muromachi period suou); (2) (arch) sleeveless robe worn by commoners

古強者;古武士;古兵

[ふるつわもの;こへい(古兵);こぶし(古武士), furutsuwamono ; kohei ( ko hei ); kobushi ( ko bushi )] (n) (1) (こぶし only) feudal warrior; samurai; (2) old soldier; veteran; old hand

古武士然

[こぶしぜん, kobushizen] (n) having something of the old-time samurai about one

御辺

[ごへん;おんあたり, gohen ; on'atari] (n) (arch) (pol) you (usu. used by samurai to their equals or people of slightly higher standing)

御用人

[ごようにん, goyounin] (n) (hon) (See 用人・1) manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)

国侍

[くにざむらい, kunizamurai] (n) provincial samurai

斬り捨て御免;切り捨て御免;斬捨て御免;切捨て御免;斬捨御免(io);切捨御免(io)

[きりすてごめん, kirisutegomen] (n) right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

仕官

[しかん, shikan] (n, vs) government service; samurai's service

四民

[しみん, shimin] (n) the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses

士魂商才

[しこんしょうさい, shikonshousai] (n) having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense

士庶

[ししょ, shisho] (n) (1) samurai and commoners; (2) normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

士人

[しじん, shijin] (n) (1) samurai; (2) person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing

士道

[しどう, shidou] (n) chivalry; samurai code

士農工商

[しのうこうしょう, shinoukoushou] (n) hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society

士分

[しぶん, shibun] (n) status of samurai

侍気質

[さむらいかたぎ, samuraikatagi] (n) samurai spirit

侍蟻

[さむらいあり;サムライアリ, samuraiari ; samuraiari] (n) (uk) Polyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)

侍所

[さむらいどころ;さぶらいどころ, samuraidokoro ; saburaidokoro] (n) (1) (esp. さむらいどころ) Board of Retainers; Kamakura- and Muromachi-period government office; (2) (esp. さぶらいどころ) samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)

侍八騎

[さむらいはっき, samuraihakki] (n) eight mounted warriors; eight samurai on horseback

若侍

[わかざむらい, wakazamurai] (n) young samurai

若殿原

[わかとのばら, wakatonobara] (n) young monarch or samurai

主人持ち

[しゅじんもち, shujinmochi] (n) samurai attached to a daimyo

首切り;首斬り

[くびきり, kubikiri] (n) (1) (sens) decapitation; beheading; (2) firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing; (3) small samurai sword used for decapitation

小者

[こもの, komono] (n) (1) young person; (2) servant; errand boy in a samurai family; (3) person of lowly status

小走り

[こばしり, kobashiri] (n, adv, vs) (1) trot; half run; jog; (2) girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

食い上げ

[くいあげ, kuiage] (n) (1) losing the means of livelihood; (2) (arch) a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended; (3) (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook

水上下;水裃

[みずかみしも, mizukamishimo] (n) light blue samurai costume commonly worn when committing suicide

切り得

[きりどく, kiridoku] (n) no retribution for a samurai killing a commoner

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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