天てん竺じく浪ろう人にん

noun

wandering lordless samurai

Historical term for a masterless samurai (ronin) who wanders without a fixed lord or residence. The 天竺 (India) element is metaphorical, suggesting a far-off, exotic wandering, not literal travel to India.

• 戦せん国ごくの世よには、天てん竺じく浪ろう人にんとなって諸しょ国こくを渡わたり歩あるく武ぶ士しも少すくなくなかった。

  In the Warring States period, not a few warriors became wandering lordless samurai and roamed the provinces.