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The word rōnin is usually translated to 'drifter' or 'wanderer'; however, per kanji, rō (浪) means "wave" as on the water, as well as "unrestrained, dissolute", while nin (人) means "person". It is an idiomatic expression for 'vagrant' or 'wanderer', someone who does not belong to one place. The term originated in the Nara and Heian periods ...
Rōnin. (student) In contemporary Japanese slang, a rōnin (浪人) is a student who has graduated from middle school or high school but has failed to achieve admission to a desired school or even any school at the next level, and consequently is studying outside of the school system for admission in the next year. [1][2] Rōnin may study at a ...
Forty-seven. rōnin. The revenge of the forty-seven rōnin (四十七士, Shijūshichishi), [2] also known as the Akō incident (赤穂事件, Akō jiken) or Akō vendetta, is an historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (lordless samurai) avenged the death of their master on 31 January 1703. [3] The incident has since become ...
Ronin or rōnin, may also refer to: People. Rōnin (student), a student studying outside of the school system for entrance in a future year; Persons. Carlos ...
Chūshingura. Chūshingura (忠臣蔵, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) is the title given to fictionalized accounts in Japanese literature, theater, and film that relate to the historical incident involving the forty-seven rōnin and their mission to avenge the death of their master, Asano Naganori. Including the early Kanadehon Chūshingura ...
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵), born Shinmen Takezō (新免 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), [1] also known as Miyamoto Bennosuke and by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, [2] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 ...
Samurai cinema. Actors playing samurai and ronin at Kyoto 's Eigamura film studio. Chanbara (チャンバラ), also commonly spelled " chambara ", meaning "sword fighting" films, [ 1 ] denotes the Japanese film genre called samurai cinema in English and is roughly equivalent to Western and swashbuckler films. Chanbara is a sub-category of ...
Rónán, anglicised as Ronan, is an Irish and Breton male given name and surname. In modern sources, it is traditionally derived from rón, the Irish word for ' seal '. The name Ronan come from the Irish surname O'Ruadháin, where the popular name Ryan arises. [1][2] It is also from the personal name Ruadhán, meaning 'little red one', thus ...