足軽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あし
Grade: 1
かる > がる
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
足輕 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しがる [àshígárú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɕiɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(あし)(がる) • (ashigaru) 

  1. (history) an ashigaru, a type of foot soldier in feudal Japan
    • 2006 November 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “(だい)(ひゃく)()(じゅう)(はち)(くん) (うん)()(ぶん)(かん)(けい)ない”, in (ぎん)(たま) ((ぎん)(たま)), volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      ヤベーよ ()(しゅう)(れん)(ぞく)モザイクトーン使()(よう)だよ ネタ()れだと(おも)われるよ しかも (しょう)(ぐん)あっちの(ほう)(しょう)(ぐん)じゃねーよ (あし)(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!
      (しょう)(ぐん)()(だい)(だい)あっちの(ほう)(あし)(がる)
      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(かく)(じつ)()(くび)(ごく)(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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