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 (samurai), 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.)