侍

さむらい· also さぶらい

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things

JLPT N1 Common word Intermediate Japanese L7 Also written 士

Meanings

Noun
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samuraihistorical term
person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talentColloquial
samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)Abbreviationhistorical term

Rare and archaic meanings (1)

俺おれは侍さむらいの道みちで生いきてる。

I live by the way of the samurai.
太郎たろうには侍さむらいの血ちが流ながれている。

A samurai's blood runs in Taro's veins.
現代げんだいの日本にほんに忍者にんじゃや侍さむらいはいません。

Nowadays there are no ninjas or samurais in Japan.
『うぐいす侍さむらい』人間愛にんげんあいとユーモア溢あふれる侍さむらい物語ものがたり。

"The Nightingale Samurai" is a samurai tale full of humanity and humour.
『カムイの剣けん』は、1868年ねんの徳川将軍しょうぐん時代じだいの崩壊ほうかいと、明治天皇めいじてんのう下したでの日本にほんの復興ふっこうという変革期へんかくきを舞台ぶたいにした、一種いっしゅの侍さむらい/忍者にんじゃ物語ものがたりだ。

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.