騎士|きしkishi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun(medieval) knight
    馬上ばじょうの騎士きしをみてごらん。↗
    Look at that knight on the horse.
  2. nounsamurai on horseback
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymナイトNeutralLoanword for the Western medieval knight, typical of fantasy fiction, games, and chess (where it names the piece); unlike 騎士, it does not refer to a samurai on horseback.

Use 騎士 as the general term for a knight, whether a medieval European knight or a samurai on horseback; use ナイト for the Western knight, as in fantasy, games, and chess.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 馬うまに乗のっている兵士へいし。
  2. 古代こだいローマの兵役へいえき制度せいどにおいて、騎兵きへいとして参加さんかすることとされる階級かいきゅうエクィテスの訳語やくご、一般的いっぱんてきに富裕ふゆう階層かいそうであった。
  3. 中世ちゅうせいのヨーロッパにおいて騎馬きばで戦たたかう戦士せんしのこと。またはその称号しょうごう。
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