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士 kanji
gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
さむらい
Words with 士
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —女辯士female narrator in a silent movie theatre
- —時計士watchmaker; clockmaker
- —龍騎士dragoon (in the Final Fantasy media franchise); lancer; dragon knight
- —退魔士exorcist (in fantasy, manga, games, etc.)
- —勝男武士katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
- —三文々士hack writer; pulp-writer; penny-a-liner; scribbler
- —多士済済galaxy of able persons; collection of intellectuals
- —同士打ちfriendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
- —１等陸士private first class (JGSDF)
- —魔道騎士knight wizard; mage knight
- —ジャン士mahjong player; mahjong enthusiast
- —武士の情samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
- —２等空士airman third class (JASDF)
- —１等空士airman second class (JASDF)
- —２等陸士private (JGSDF); private second class
- —似た者同士two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
- —やめ検弁護士former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; prosecutor-turned-lawyer
- —武士のなさけsamurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
- —富士ピーエスFuji P.S Corporation (construction company)
- —武士に二言無しa samurai never goes back on his word