武士

ぶし · bushi · JLPT N2 · noun

warrior

⚔️ 武 (martial, armed) + 士 (scholar, gentleman) = a martial gentleman: the samurai warrior class

武 means military might and 士 means a person of rank or learning. Together they name the samurai, the warrior-aristocrats of feudal Japan who combined the sword with scholarship and a code of honor.

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