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Also known as buke, bushi

古代から中世にかけての日本における官人の身分呼称

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Samurai were members of Japan's professional warrior class who served as retainers to lords, training from childhood in martial skills like swordsmanship, archery, and horsemanship that often only they were legally permitted to possess. Their years of specialized training in these weapons made them militarily superior to conscripts and militia, giving them a distinct social and military role in pre-industrial Japanese society.

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Instance of: profession
Subclass of: warrior
Country: Japan
Image: Samurai with sword.jpg
Said to be same as: bushi

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male form of label: samuraj
hashtag: samurai
topic has template: Template:Infobox samurai
Commons category: Samurai
topic's main category: Category:Samurai
Commons gallery: 侍
female form of label: samurai
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Article · 日本語

侍（さむらい、サムライ）は、古代から中世にかけての日本における官人の身分呼称、あるいはそこから発展的に生じた武士の別名である。「伺候（しこう）する」「従う」を意味する「さぶらう」（旧仮名遣いでは「さぶらふ」〈候ふ／侍ふ〉）に由来する。

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