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武士ぶし (bushi)

warrior,samurai

  • JLPT N2
  • noun
  • Pitch 1
  • #6809 most frequent

Meaning

武士 (ぶし, bushi) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “warrior,samurai”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

彼かれの家柄いえがらは武士ぶしでした。

He comes from a warrior family.

武士ぶしは食くわねど高楊枝たかようじ。

A samurai, even when he has not eaten, uses a toothpick like a lord.

古武士のように固苦しい

He is as punctilious as an old-time samurai.

江戸えど時代じだい、武士ぶしは刀かたなを2本ほん刺さしていた。

A samurai in the Edo Era carried two swords.

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