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VocabJLPT N1

warrior

Noun

Definitions

1. military man
2. warrior

This noun refers to a warrior or military person, someone who lives by the martial arts or serves as a soldier, particularly in a historical Japanese context. It evokes images of samurai-era fighters and is more literary or formal in tone, often appearing in historical novels or period dramas.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

She told me she would "protect me to the end, like a warrior."

Sentence 2

My grandmother told me that warriors used to protect the village back in the day.

Sentence 3

At my friend's place, there was a hanging scroll of a warrior in the alcove.

Sentence 4

I borrowed a biography of a military commander from the library.

Sentence 5

That gaze — sharp like a warrior's, it's actually kind of scary!