noun

  1. wandering samurai, soldier of fortune, brigand, mountain-dwelling robber.
  2. hermit, mountain ascetic, itinerant priest.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
野武士 のぶし
野伏 のぶし
野臥
野臥 のぶし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

plains, field, rustic
ヤ の ショ (2nd, N4)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
beforehand, previous, myself
ヨ あらかじ.め シャ (3rd, N3)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
warrior, military, chivalry
ブ たけ ム (5th, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)