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Readings

Kana: さむらい、さぶらい
Romaji: samurai, saburai
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Definitions

1

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

2

man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer

Note: archaism

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 シ、 さむらい、 はべ.る
Meanings: waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve
Readings: シ、 さむらい
Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

Example Sentences

太郎(たろう)には(さむらい)()(なが)れている。
➥A samurai's blood runs in Taro's veins.
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『カムイの(けん)』は、1868(ねん)徳川(とくがわ)将軍(しょうぐん)時代(じだい)崩壊(ほうかい)と、明治天皇下(めいじてんのうか)での日本(にっぽん)復興(ふっこう)という変革期(へんかくき)舞台(ぶたい)にした、一種(いっしゅ)(さむらい)/忍者(にんじゃ)物語(ものがたり)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.
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『うぐいす(さむらい)人間愛(にんげんあい)とユーモア(あふ)れる(さむらい)物語(ものがたり)
➥"The Nightingale Samurai" A samurai tale full of humanity and humour.
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