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Ronin

Ronin \Ro"nin"\, n. [Jap. r[=o]-nin, fr. Chin. lang profligate, lawless + j[^e]n (old sound n[=i]n) man.] In Japan, under the feudal system, a samurai who had renounced his clan or who had been discharged or ostracized and had become a wanderer without a lord; an outcast; an outlaw.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ronin

"masterless man, outcast, outlaw," 1871, from Japanese, from ro "wave" + nin "man."

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ronin

n. 1 A masterless samurai. 2 (context colloquial Japan English) A student who has failed the entrance examination for the high school or university of their choice and spends the next year studying to retake the exam.

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Rōnin

A was a samurai with no lord or master during the feudal period (1185–1868) of Japan. A samurai became masterless from the death or fall of his master, or after the loss of his master's favor or privilege.

In modern Japanese usage, the term also describes a salaryman who is " between employers" or a secondary school graduate who has not yet been admitted to university.

Ronin (film)

Ronin is a 1998 American spy action- thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, and Jonathan Pryce. Written by David Mamet (under the pseudonym Richard Weisz) from a screenplay by first-time writer John David Zeik, the film centers on a team of hired ex-special operatives trying to steal a mysterious and heavily-guarded briefcase while navigating a maze of shifting loyalties and alliances. The film is noted for its realistic car chases through Nice and Paris and its convoluted plot involving the briefcase as a MacGuffin.

Ronin (DC Comics)

Ronin (formally written as Rōnin) is a comic book limited series published between 1983 and 1984, by DC Comics. The series was written and drawn by Frank Miller with artwork painted by Lynn Varley. It takes place in a dystopic near-future New York in which a ronin is reincarnated. The six-issue work shows some of the strongest influences of manga and bande dessinée on Miller's style, both in the artwork and narrative style.

Ronin (band)

Ronin is a rock band based in Singapore. They are infamous for their live performances and being one of the few high-profile rock bands around. Before their entry to the mainstream market, the band launched a self-released EP which included 5 songs, and later released an LP which was hugely successful. Their debut album Do or Die has received rave reviews by local press, and is one of the top selling English-language albums in Singapore of all time. In 2006, the band collaborated with local Mediacorp artiste Fiona Xie in a love song duet, entitled "Love Will Shine on Through". The song was recorded to raise funds for a cancer project, with a book and a CD recorded together. One of their songs, "One More Moment", was covered by Singaporean artiste Ho Yeow Sun.

The band enjoyed a number one hit called Black Maria in the Singapore charts, the song Crazy Son reached third. Ronin has also written the theme song and title soundtrack 'Memories' for the film Singapore Dreaming.

On 24 June 2007, lead singer Levan Wee performed with the band for the last time, due to a combination of personal issues, as well as differences in musical direction. He is now the lead singer of ASTRONINJA. The band has since returned to the studios to continue work on their 2nd LP.

Ronin (Marvel Comics)

Ronin is an alias used by multiple characters in the . The Ronin identity was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Joe Quesada, though the characters who have adopted the identity were pre-existing characters created by other writers.

The name " Ronin" refers to the Japanese term for a masterless samurai, a lone warrior.

Ronin (disambiguation)

A rōnin is a samurai without a master.

Ronin may also refer to:

Ronin (comics)

Ronin, in comics, may refer to:

  • Ronin (DC Comics), a DC graphic novel by Frank Miller
  • Ronin (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
  • Ronin Hood of the 47 Samurai, a story combining Robin Hood and the 47 Ronin
Rōnin (student)

In Japan, a is a student who has graduated from middle school or high school but has failed to enter a school at the next level, and consequently is studying outside of the school system for entrance in a future year. Rōnin may study at a yobikō.

Ronin (video game)

Ronin (stylized as RONIN) is a 2015 turn-based action platform video game developed by Polish indie developer Tomasz Wacławek, designer at Polish indie studio Flying Wild Hog, and published by Devolver Digital. It was released for Microsoft Windows on 27 May 2015 into Steam Early Access and left it on 30 June 2015. A later update introduced builds for OS X and Linux on 14 October 2015.

Usage examples of "ronin".

Ako was confiscated, and his retainers having become Ronins, some of them took service with other daimios, and others became merchants.

Ronin, then The Dolman shall indeed claim the world and man shall cease to exist.

Lifting it high over his head, he spoke in the ancient tongue, words that neither Ronin nor, he suspected, Kiri could understand.

After the Makkon they flew and Ronin, glancing at Kiri, the noble profile with its firm nose and high cheekbones, failed to notice the movement behind them, as a pursuing luma kept pace with them.

Lord Shogun Mashashige that should he be the loser in this fight, the ronin samurai, the landless and lordless Mashashita, shall be allowed to walk free without any hindering and gives his solemn oath that no revenge shall be carried out against him by any man of Lord Mashashige.

They were the shishi lookout, Ruru, and his replacement, Rushan, a young Tosa ronin, who had that moment arrived at the street stall not far from the Toranaga gateway.

He stood now several paces from Ronin with Matsu drawn to his side, his dirk at her throbbing white throat, so perfect, like ivory.

Ronin crossed the room and, removing his shirt and weapons belt, donned the robe as Matsu had bidden him.

They snorted and pawed the earth as Ronin and Matsu neared them so that their attendants were obliged to pull on their bits and talk to them soothingly in meaningless words.

Ronin moved easily out of the way but it had Matsu and his stomach contracted again because he should have known.

Satsuma samurai allows his daughter to be betrothed to a Choshu samurai--whether shishi or not, ronin or not?

Bakufu, therefore you must be ronin, ronin by choice because you are a guest in this house, therefore shishi, the first we have ever had here.

Yoshiwara, the biggest and finest in all Nippon, a maze of tiny streets and pleasant places on the edge of the city, covering almost two hundred acres, where Katsumata and other shishi, or ronin, could hide in safety--if acceptable.

And on the other side while Tyrer painfully re-tied the loincloth and put on the kimono, Hiraga elaborated on the theme that the Bakufu were evil, they would cast the blame elsewhere, on ronin, the shishi but they had planned and precipitated it, Anjo, the Elders and especially Yoshi.

Stinking gai-jin, he thought, as if a futile attempted burglary by a baka ronin mattered--of course the man was just a simple ronin thief and not after the girl, what civilized man would want one of them?