さむらい
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
2. person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
Pitch accent
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むらい
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)
Examples (3 in total)
I live by the way of the samurai.
He still has the spirit of a samurai.
Nowadays there are no ninjas or samurais in Japan.