Blue Samurai

Japanese: 青侍 - あおさぶらい

〘Noun〙① (From the way he wore a blue robe ) A samurai of the sixth rank who served the nobility. Ao samurai. ② (Perhaps "blue" means immaturity) A young samurai of low rank. Ao samurai. ※Chuu-u-ki - August 12, Eikyu 3 (1115) "One night a theft occurred in the Higo no Kami's storehouse. The suspect was a blue samurai from his household. He was taken into custody." ※Ukiyo-zoshi - Amorous Life of a Woman (1686) 1 "The blue samurai from the departed lord was vulgar and obscene."

Sei-shi [Blue Samurai]

〘Noun〙 (Phonetic reading of " blue samurai" ) A samurai of the sixth rank who served the nobility . The sixth rank was derived from the fact that he wore a blue robe. Also, a young samurai of low rank. ※Taikake of Takano (early 13th century) 5 "The dream seen by the blue samurai who served Lord Minamoto Chuunagon Masayori was also frightening."

Ao-Samurai Ao-Samurai [Blue Samurai]

〘Noun〙 (also "blue samurai") = Aosaburai (blue samurai) [Nippo Jisho (Japanese-Portuguese Dictionary) (1603-04)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (青い袍(ほう)を着たところから) 公家の家に仕えた六位の侍。あおざむらい。② (「青」は未熟の意か) 身分の低い若侍。あおざむらい。※中右記‐永久三年（1115）八月一二日「一夜肥後守国資倉中窃盗入。嫌疑者彼家青侍也。則搦取也」※浮世草子・好色一代女（1686）一「去(さる)御方の青侍(アオサフラヒ)其身はしたなくて、いやらしき事なるに」