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武士 ,武夫 , ぶし, ぶふ, もののふ JLPT 2 bushi, bufu, mononofunoun (common) (futsuumeishi)- warrior; samurai
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侍 , さむらい, さぶらい JLPT 1 samurai, saburainoun (common) (futsuumeishi)- warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
- man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer
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奴 , やっこ JLPT 1 yakkonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)- servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
- chivalrous man (c. Edo period)
4 more definitions...- cubed tofu (often served cold)
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卒 , そつ sotsunoun (common) (futsuumeishi)- low-ranking soldier
- graduation
1 more definition...- low-ranking samurai (1870-1872)
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中間 ,仲間 , ちゅうげん chūgennoun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`- samurai's attendant; footman
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浪人 , ろうにん rōninnoun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`- ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve
- out of work
- waiting for another chance to enter a university
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武家 , ぶけ bukenoun (common) (futsuumeishi)- samurai; warrior; military family
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首切 り,首斬 り, くびきり kubikirinoun (common) (futsuumeishi)- decapitation; beheading
- firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing
- small samurai sword used for decapitation
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仕官 , しかん shikannoun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru- government service; samurai's service
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夷 ,戎 , えびす ebisunoun (common) (futsuumeishi)- peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)
- provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
1 more definition...- brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
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武士道 , ぶしどう bushidōnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)- Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
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浪士 , ろうし rōshinoun (common) (futsuumeishi)- ronin; lordless samurai
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流離 , さすらい, りゅうり sasurai, ryūrinoun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru- wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
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小走 り, こばしり kobashirinoun (common) (futsuumeishi) adverb (fukushi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru- trot; half run; jog
- girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
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裃 ,上下 , かみしも kamishimonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)- samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
- top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends
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