Lingaku侍【さむらい】
Frequency rank: 14,146. – 14,182.
- warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samuraihistorical term
- man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retaineronly applies to さぶらいarchaism
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
- man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer
This refers to a member of the Japanese warrior class known for their code of honor and martial skills, particularly during the Edo period when samurai served daimyos, or feudal lords.
This meaning describes someone who serves or is in attendance to a person of higher status, often providing support or protection.
Generated collocations (experimental)
さむらい侍になるto become a samuraiさむらい侍のせいしん精神the spirit of a samuraiぶし武士とさむらい侍のちがい違いthe difference between a warrior and a samuraiさむらい侍ぶんか文化samurai cultureさむらい侍のほこり誇りthe pride of a samuraiさむらい侍のせいかつ生活the life of a samuraiさむらい侍のたたかい戦いthe battles of a samuraiさむらい侍をめざす目指すto aspire to be a samuraiさむらい侍のみち道the way of the samuraiれきし歴史のなか中のさむらい侍samurai in history
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"The Nightingale Samurai" is a samurai tale full of humanity and humour.
2. きごう『かむいカムイのけん剣きごう』は、せん はっぴゃく ろくじゅう はちねん1868年のとくがわ徳川しょうぐん将軍じだい時代のほうかい崩壊と、めいじてんのう明治天皇か下でのにっぽん日本のふっこう復興というへんかくき変革期をぶたい舞台にした、いっしゅ一種のさむらい侍きごう/にんじゃ忍者ものがたり物語だ。
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.