侍

imperial tutor

captain of the guard

Historical term

samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)

Historical term; Esp. さむらいどころ

Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office)

Historical term; Esp. さぶらいどころ

samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)

Historical term

tutor to a daimyo, etc.

Historical term

tutor to the emperor or crown prince (Meiji period)

Rare term; After the name of an addressee

respectfully

Irregular ru verb, plain form ends with -ri; Intransitive verb

to wait upon; to serve

Polite; Humble; Irregular ru verb, plain form ends with -ri; Intransitive verb

to be

Polite; Humble; Suffix; Irregular ru verb, plain form ends with -ri; After the -masu stem of a verb

to humbly do ...

young samurai

attendant; attendance upon another

maid of honor; maid of honour; lady-in-waiting

provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime

Buddhism

flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)

maid of honor; maid of honour; lady-in-waiting

rustic samurai; boorish samurai

cowardly or depraved samurai

guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period)

retainer; attending on the nobility

serving; attending on someone

humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot

士 represents November as it can be decomposed into 十一 (11)

nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

cowardly, good-for-nothing samurai from the countryside

Derogatory

low-ranking samurai; samurai of the lowest rank

Historical term

provincial samurai