Moto 侍: Waiter; Samurai; Wait UponKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジ、シ
- Kun'yomi
- さむらい、はべ(る)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 48 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジ・シ)
- 侍従じじゅうchamberlain
- 侍医じいcourt physician
- 侍女じじょlady attendant; lady's maid
- 侍するじするto wait upon; to serve
- 侍僧じそうacolyte
- 侍史じしrespectfully
- 侍妾じしょうconcubine; mistress
- 侍婢じひlady-in-waiting
- 侍従官じじゅうかんchamberlain
- 侍従武官じじゅうぶかんemperor's aide-de-camp
- 侍従職じじゅうしょくboard of chamberlains
- 侍従長じじゅうちょうgrand chamberlain
- 侍曹じそうrespectfully
- 侍祭じさいacolyte
- 侍立じりつassisting (a dignitary)
- 侍者じしゃattendant; valet
- 侍臣じしんcourtier; attendant
- 侍衛じえいbodyguard
- 侍衛長じえいちょうcaptain of the guard
- 侍読じどくimperial tutor
- 侍講じこうtutor to a daimyo, etc.
- 典侍てんじmaid of honor; maid of honour
- 内侍ないしmaid of honor; maid of honour
- 奉侍ほうじserving; attending on someone
- 脇侍わきじflanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
- 近侍きんじattendant; attendance upon another
- 陪侍ばいじretainer; attending on the nobility
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 侍さむらいwarrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
- 侍らすはべらすto wait upon; to serve
- 侍りはべりto wait upon; to serve
- 侍るはべるto wait upon; to serve
- 侍所さむらいどころBoard of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office)
- 侍蟻さむらいありPolyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)
- 国侍くにざむらいprovincial samurai
- 地侍じざむらいprovincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
- 犬侍いぬざむらいcowardly or depraved samurai
- 芋侍いもざむらいrustic samurai; boorish samurai
- 若侍わかざむらいyoung samurai
- 西向く侍にしむくさむらいmnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
- 鮒侍ふなざむらいcowardly, good-for-nothing samurai from the countryside
Other readings
- 三一侍さんぴんざむらいlow-ranking samurai; samurai of the lowest rank
- 侍大将さぶらいだいしょうsamurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)
- 侍気質さむらいかたぎsamurai spirit
- 夾侍わきじflanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
- 徒侍かちざむらいhumble samurai who served as a body guard on foot
- 挟侍わきじflanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
- 田舎侍いなかざむらいcountry samurai
- 遠侍とおさぶらいguard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period)
Kanji that often appear with 侍
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