さんぴんやっこ
Meanings
Noun
Derogatory
1. low-ranking samurai
Kanji used
three
one
guy
Pitch accent
んぴんや
っこ
Composed of
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he