侍

Meaning

1. n
   warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
2. n
   person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
3. n archaic
   man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer
4. n abbreviation
   samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)

Example sentences

• 『うぐいす侍』人間愛とユーモア溢れる侍物語。

  "The Nightingale Samurai" is a samurai tale full of humanity and humour.

• 『カムイの剣』は、1868年の徳川将軍時代の崩壊と、明治天皇下での日本の復興という変革期を舞台にした、一種の侍/忍者物語だ。

  Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.

• 俺は侍の道で生きてる。

  I live by the way of the samurai.