Meaning
侍 (さむらい, samurai) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “Samurai, warrior”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
これは200年前の侍の刀だ
This samurai sword is from 200 years ago.
俺は侍の道で生きてる。
I live by the way of the samurai.
内侍省は宦官たちである。
The Naishisho was occupied by the eunuchs.
現代の日本に忍者や侍はいません。
Nowadays there are no ninjas or samurais in Japan.
小説内の悪女要素は侍女の八重が演じた。
The element of wicked woman in the novel was performed by her maid, Yae.
『うぐいす侍』人間愛とユーモア溢れる侍物語。
"The Nightingale Samurai" is a samurai tale full of humanity and humour.
弟は徳川吉宗の侍医で明律令法研究で知られた荻生北渓。
His younger brother is Hokkei OGYU, a court physician of Yoshimune TOKUGAWA and famous for his study of the Ritsuryo code of Ming.
侍は治兵衛の無礼を戒める為に治兵衛の手首を格子に括り付けてしまう。
In order to caution Jihe's rudeness, samurai bound Jihe's wrists to a lattice.
若き日の西園寺が大小を差した侍姿で颯爽と立つ勇ましい写真も残されている。
There is a picture of Saionji in his younger days wearing two swords and standing gallantly in the fashion of a samurai.
「願わくは此の山の傍らに侍し、（九頭竜）権現の慈風に当たりて三熱の苦を脱するを得ん。」
I wish to serve on the side of this mountain, and escape from the three kinds of heat with gracious wind from (Kuzuryu) Gongen (incarnation).'
明治期における典侍の俸給は250円（当時の小学校教員の初任給は8円）、権典侍は200円であった。
The salary of Naishi no suke was 250 yen (the first salary of a teacher of an elementary school at that time was 8 yen), and the salary of Gon no naishi no suke was 200 yen in the Meiji era.
名主層の中には武士に対して軍役を果たすことで地侍となり、武士身分の一角に食い込む者も多く出るようになっていった。
Some people in the myoshu class became jizamurai (local samurai) by doing military service as samurai, and this resulted in many myoshu people who made inroads into the samurai class.