志し士し

noun

imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu era

Historical term for samurai who actively worked to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and restore imperial rule in the late Edo period.

• 坂さか本もと龍りょう馬まは幕ばく末まつの志し士しとして知しられている。

  Sakamoto Ryōma is known as a loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu era.

noun

patriot; self-sacrificing idealist

Broader use for anyone with strong patriotic ideals and a willingness to sacrifice for the nation; can be applied to modern figures, but retains a somewhat elevated, historical flavor.

• 彼かれは国くにのために命いのちを捧ささげた真しんの志し士しだった。

  He was a true patriot who gave his life for his country.