Dang, Daniel, wow...
We're all /ronin/ here! Wave-people. Not everyone knows that there were
women as well as men samurai.
In the two kanji symbols for ronin, 浪人, the second symbol is "man,
person, or people". For example, "日本人", means Japanese person. First
symbol is "Sun", second is "Origin", third is "Person". Person of the
land of the rising sun.
The first symbol in /ronin/, means wave, but it can also mean wasteful,
or wreckless. So /ronin/ can also mean hobo or vagabond. Or hippie :-)
Harold
On 3/24/15 8:33 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
"... A ronin was a masterless samuri during the feudal period
(1185–1868) of Japan. A samurai became masterless from the ruin or
fall of his master, or after the loss of his master’s favor or
privilege. Since a ronin doesn’t serve any lord, he is no longer a
samurai. A samurai is a “servant”, since the noun came from the verb
“/saburau/” which is the Japanese for “to serve”.*The word
**/ronin/**literally means “wave man”* – one who is tossed about, as
on the waves in the sea..."
Daniel
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