さむらい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さむらい – see the following entry.

【侍】S [noun] (historical) a warrior class in medieval and pre-modern Japan; samurai [noun] one who serves nearby: [noun] a servant [noun] a retainer [noun] Short for 侍所 (samurai-dokoro): the Board of Retainers in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. [noun] an above-average person Alternative spelling 士

(This term, さむらい, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as さむらい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as さむらい.)