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[91] Samurai 士

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All of our Japanese Kanji videos can be seen on our YouTube channel Kanji Memories and its Learning Japanese Kanji playlist. Alternatively, there is a link below to the YouTube video for this particular Japanese Kanji. There is also an embedded copy of the video towards the bottom of the page, but that may not be available on your device for technical reasons. See also the text translations and the Kanji memories memory card.

This is the YouTube link to the Japanese Kanji for Samurai


This is the Kanji Memories 'Memory Card'.


Samurai Memory Card


... and here is our video for the JLPT N1 Kanji 士 'samurai' to assist in teaching Japanese (also on our popular 'Kanji Memories' YouTube channel).#japanese #kanji #jlpt #japan pic.twitter.com/KRY40BDbTL

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These are the translations (English, with Kanji, just Hiragana and Katakana, Romanji) used in the video.

"The life of a samurai was very hard."

武士 の生活はとても厳しかったよ

ぶしのせいかつはとてもきびしかったよ

Bushi no seikatsu wa totemo kibishikatta yo.

"Your older brother always acts like a gentleman."

お兄さんはいつも 士君子 のように振る舞うね

おにいさんはいつもしくんしのようにふるまうね

Oniisan wa itsumo shikunshi no you ni furumau ne.