noun:

• sleeveless ceremonial robe for samurai (replacing the Muromachi period suou) ➜ 素襖
• sleeveless robe worn by commoners - archaism

expression:

• the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the samurai first among men - proverb

noun:

• samurai words & phrases - obscure term

noun:

• country samurai

noun:

• samurai's lineage

expression / noun:

• samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy

expression:

• the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb

noun:

• country samurai

expression:

• a samurai never goes back on his word - proverb

noun:

• no retribution for a samurai killing a commoner

noun:

• Polyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)

noun:

• samurai spirit - four character idiom

noun:

• recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods) - four character idiom

noun:

• light blue samurai costume commonly worn when committing suicide

noun:

• dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming a lordless samurai

noun:

• low-ranking samurai - abbreviation - derogatory term ➜ 三一侍
• rolling three and one (in a dice game) - orig. meaning ➜ ピン

noun:

• family or person with samurai ancestors ➜ 華族【かぞく】

noun:

• hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society - four character idiom

noun:

• samurai-house style (Kamakura period)

noun:

• low-ranking samurai - derogatory term ➜ 三一侍

noun:

• samurai movie ➜ チャンバラ

noun:

• right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

noun / ~する noun:

• stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo period punishment)

noun:

• guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period) ➜ 武家造