Illustration: At the entrance to a domain residence, a samurai in kimono and hakama stands guard with two sheathed swords secured at his waist. His posture is disciplined, one hand resting near the sword guards while he watches an approaching messenger.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

武ぶ士し

bushi

samurai, warrior

Also read さむらい. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 江戸時代えどじだい、武士ぶしは刀かたなを2本刺ほんさしていた。

    A samurai in the Edo era carried two swords.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 剣道けんどうは、武士ぶしの時代じだいに遡さかのぼる日本古来にほんこらいの武術ぶじゅつです。

    Kendo is an ancient Japanese martial art that dates back to the time of the samurai warriors.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. その人物じんぶつは武士ぶしのように見みえる。

    He looks like a samurai warrior.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 武士

  • 武warrior; militaryOnブ・ムKunたけ・たけし
  • 士gentleman; scholarOnシKunさむらい

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