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The term Samurai originally meant "those who serve in close attendance to nobility", and was written in the Chinese character (or kanji) that had the same meaning. In Japanese, it was originally pronounced in the pre-Heian period as saburapi and later as saburai, then samurai in the Edo period. In Japanese literature, there is an early reference to samurai in the Kokinshu (古今集, early 10th century):

Attendant to your nobility
Ask for your master's umbrella
The dews 'neath the trees of Miyagino
Are thicker than rain
(poem 1091)

The word bushi (武士, lit. "warrior or armsman") first appears in an early history of Japan called Shoku Nihongi (続日本記, 797 A.D.). In a portion of the book covering the year 723 A.D., Shoku Nihongi states: "Literary men and Warriors are they whom the nation values". The term bushi is of Chinese origin and adds to the indigenous Japanese words for warrior: Tsuwamono and Mononofu. The terms bushi and samurai became synonymous near the end of the 12th century, according to William Scott Wilson in his book Ideals of the Samurai--Writings of Japanese Warriors. Wilson's book thoroughly explores the origins of the word warrior in Japanese history as well as the Kanji (Chinese symbols) used to represent the word. Wilson states that Bushi actually translates as "a man who has the ability to keep the peace, either by literary or military means, but predominantly by the latter".

It was not until the early modern period, namely the Azuchi-Momoyama period and early Edo period of the late 16th and early 17th centuries that the word saburai was replaced with samurai. However, the meaning had changed long before that.


A Samurai katana in koshirae.During the era of the rule of the samurai, the term yumitori (弓取, "bowman") was also used as an honorary title of an accomplished warrior even though swordsmanship had become more important. (Japanese archery (kyujutsu) is still strongly associated with the war god Hachiman.)

A samurai with no attachment to a clan or daimyo (大名) was called a ronin (浪人). In Japanese, the word ronin means "wave man", a person destined to wander aimlessly forever, like the waves in the sea. The word came to mean a samurai who was no longer in the service of a lord because his lord had died, because the samurai had been banished or simply because the samurai chose to become a ronin.

The pay of Samurai was measured in koku of rice (180 liters; enough to feed a man for one year). Samurai in the service of the han are called hanshi.
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Player Ma St Ag Av Skills Inj G Cp Td It Cs Mvp SPP Cost  
1
Oda Nobunaga
Blitzer
5 3 3 9
Block, Thick Skull
   11 0 0 0 1 0 2/ 80k
(80)k
  
2
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Blitzer
5 3 3 9
Block, Thick Skull
Sure Hands
   12 0 0 0 2 1 9/ 100k
(105)k
  
3
Oda Nobuhide
Troll Slayer
5 3 2 8
Block, Dauntless, Frenzy, Thick Skull
Mighty Blow
   9 0 0 0 3 1 11/ 110k
(125)k
  
4
Okano Kinuemon Kanehide
Troll Slayer
5 3 2 8
Block, Dauntless, Frenzy, Thick Skull
   1 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 90k
(95)k
  
6
Miyamoto Musashi
Longbeard
4 4 2 9
Block, Tackle, Thick Skull
+ST
   12 0 0 0 3 1 11/ 120k
(143)k
  
7
Oishi Kuranosuke
Runner
7 3 3 8
Sure Hands, Thick Skull
+MA, +MA, Block, Tackle
 -ma 12 4 14 0 0 4 66/ 180k
(158)k
  
8
Imagawa Yoshimoto
Runner
6 3 3 8
Sure Hands, Thick Skull
Pass
   12 3 0 1 0 2 15/ 100k
(95)k
  
9
Fujiwara Yorimichi
Longbeard
4 3 2 9
Block, Tackle, Thick Skull
Guard
   12 0 0 0 1 1 7/ 90k
(115)k
  
10
Akechi Mitsuhide
Longbeard
4 3 2 9
Block, Tackle, Thick Skull
   12 0 0 0 0 1 5/ 70k
(75)k
  
11
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Longbeard
4 3 2 9
Block, Tackle, Thick Skull
Guard
   12 0 0 0 2 1 9/ 90k
(115)k
  
12
Tokugawa Hidetada
Longbeard
4 3 2 9
Block, Tackle, Thick Skull
   9 0 0 0 2 0 4/ 70k
(75)k
  
13
Matsudaira Takanobu
Longbeard
4 3 2 9
Block, Tackle, Thick Skull
   8 0 0 0 2 0 4/ 70k
(75)k
  
14
Uesugi Kagekatsu
Longbeard
4 3 2 9
Block, Tackle, Thick Skull
   6 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 70k
(75)k
  
13 players  
Coach: coalheart Re-Rolls (80k): 5  
Race: Dwarf Fan Factor: 10  
Current Team Value: 0k Assistant Coaches: 1  
Treasury: 50k Cheerleaders: 0  
Team Value: 1600k Apothecary: Yes  

Games Played:12 (6/2/4) |TD Diff:4 (14 - 10) |Cas Diff:5 (10/6/3 - 6/6/2)
Last Opponent: Enanos Kaoticos