足あし軽がる

noun

common foot soldier (feudal Japan); lowest-ranking samurai

Historical term for low-ranking foot soldiers in feudal Japan, often equipped with light armor and a spear.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、足あし軽がるは戦せん場じょうで重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたした。

  During the Warring States period, ashigaru played an important role on the battlefield.

• 彼かれの先せん祖ぞは足あし軽がるだったと聞きいた。

  I heard that his ancestor was an ashigaru.