戦士

Japanese

Kanji in this term
戦	士
せん Grade: 4	し Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 戰士 (MC t͡ɕiᴇn^H d͡ʒɨ^X). Compare Mandarin 戰士 (zhànshì), Cantonese 戰士 (zin³ si⁶), Korean 전사 (jeonsa), Vietnamese chiến sĩ.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) せんし [séꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
- IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

戦士 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 戰士, hiragana せんし, rōmaji senshi)

a soldier, a combatant, a warrior
- 1999 March 1, “ヴィシュワ・ランディー [Vishwa Randi]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
  
  闇 (やみ)に仕 (つか)える女 (おんな)戦 (せん)士 (し)。相 (あい)手 (て)を血 (ち)祭 (まつ)りにあげることが生 (い)きがい。
  Yami ni tsukaeru onna senshi. Aite o chimatsuri ni ageru koto ga ikigai.
  A female warrior who works in the dark. She lusts for the blood of her slain opponents.

Synonyms

軍 (ぐん)人 (じん) (gunjin)
戦 (せん)闘 (とう)員 (いん) (sentōin)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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