さむらい

samurai

Also:person with a strong backbone

What does mean?

is a Japanese noun meaning samurai in English. It can also be translated as person with a strong backbone depending on context. It is written as in kanji, さむらい in hiragana, and samurai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

『うぐいす』人間愛とユーモア溢れる侍物語。

"The Nightingale Samurai" is a samurai tale full of humanity and humour.