剣士

Japanese

Kanji in this term
剣	士
けん Grade: S	し Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 剣 (ken, “sword”) +‎ 士 (shi, “master, practitioner”).

Noun

剣士 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 劍士, hiragana けんし, rōmaji kenshi)

swordsman

Synonyms

剣客 (けんかく) (kenkaku)
剣 (けん)師 (し) (kenshi)

See also

剣 (けん)道 (どう) (kendō)
剣 (けん)導 (どう) (kendō)
剣術 (けんじゅつ) (kenjutsu)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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