足軽

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Japanese

 足軽 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
足 軽
あし
Grade: 1 		かる > がる
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
足輕 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

足(あし)軽(がる) • (ashigaru) 

  1. (history) an ashigaru, a type of foot soldier in feudal Japan
    • 2006 November 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)百(ひゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)八(はち)訓(くん)　運(うん)に身(み)分(ぶん)は関(かん)係(けい)ない [Lesson 128: Luck Has Nothing to Do with Social Status]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      ヤベーよ　二(に)週(しゅう)連(れん)続(ぞく)モザイクトーン使(し)用(よう)だよ　ネタ切(ぎ)れだと思(おも)われるよ　しかも　将(しょう)軍(ぐん)あっちの方(ほう)は将(しょう)軍(ぐん)じゃねーよ　足(あし)軽(がる)だよ
      Yabē yo Nishū renzoku mozaiku tōn shiyō da yo Netagire da to omowareru yo Shikamo shōgun atchi no hō wa shōgun ja nē yo Ashigaru da yo
      We’re screwed! We’ve been using pixelated imagery two weeks in a row now! People will think we’re running out of ideas! And his bit down there is barely a shōgun! More like a foot soldier!
      将(しょう)軍(ぐん)家(け)は代(だい)々(だい)あっちの方(ほう)は足(あし)軽(がる)だ
      Shōgunke wa daidai atchi no hō wa ashigaru da
      For generations of the shōgun clan, our bits down there have always been foot soldiers
      ヤベーよ　きこえてたよ　もう確(かく)実(じつ)に打(う)ち首(くび)獄(ごく)門(もん)だよ
      Yabē yo Kikoeteta yo Mō kakujitsu ni uchikubigokumon da yo
      We’re screwed! He heard me again! Our heads are gonna be put on display!

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 足輕 / 足轻 (zúqīng)
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