侍

Meaning

侍 centers on a person in a dedicated service role: a samurai serving a lord, or a waiter attending to guests. The core idea is waiting upon and serving someone.

• 侍さむらい
  N1

  warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

• 侍女じじょ

  lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid

• 近侍きんじ

  attendant; attendance upon another

• 侍従じじゅう

  chamberlain

• 侍るはべる

  to wait upon; to serve

• 侍医じい

  court physician

• 七人の侍しちにんのさむらい

  Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)

• 三一侍さんぴんざむらい

  low-ranking samurai; samurai of the lowest rank

• 侍さぶらい

  man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer

• 侍するじする

  to wait upon; to serve

• 侍ふさぶらう

  to attend (a person of high rank); to wait upon (e.g. a noble); to serve

• 侍らすはべらす

  to wait upon; to serve

• 侍らせるはべらせる

  to have someone wait upon one; to have someone by one's side; to keep in attendance (e.g. aides, mistresses)

• 侍りはべり

  to wait upon; to serve

• 侍ジャパンさむらいジャパン

  Samurai Japan (national baseball team)

• 侍僧じそう

  acolyte

• 侍史じし

  respectfully

• 侍大将さぶらいだいしょう

  samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)

• 侍妾じしょう

  concubine; mistress

• 侍婢じひ

  lady-in-waiting; female attendant

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