also: おちゅうど
defeated soldier fleeing the enemy; fugitive warrior
Historical term for a warrior who has lost a battle and is fleeing or hiding from the enemy. Often associated with the Heian and medieval periods.
The fleeing Heike warriors lived hidden deep in the mountains.
Legends of fugitive warriors remain in this region.
Standard kanji spelling.
Historical reading variant; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 落ち (ochi, 'falling, fleeing', from verb 落ちる) and 人 (udo, old form of 人 'person'). The reading おちゅうど is a historical variant.