忠臣(ちゅうしん)

ちゅうしん
noun
loyal retainer; faithful vassal
historyperson
1. loyal retainer; faithful vassal
A retainer who serves his lord with complete loyalty; a word from feudal history and literature, best known from 忠臣蔵(ちゅうしんぐら).
彼(かれ)は忠臣(ちゅうしん)の鑑(かがみ)だ。
He is a model of a loyal retainer.
忠臣蔵(ちゅうしんぐら)は赤穂(あこう)浪士(ろうし)の物語(ものがたり)だ。
Chūshingura is the story of the rōnin of Akō.
年末(ねんまつ)になると、テレビで忠臣蔵(ちゅうしんぐら)のドラマがよく放送(ほうそう)されたものだ。
Chūshingura dramas used to be shown on TV a lot at the end of the year.

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Cultural note

忠臣蔵(ちゅうしんぐら) tells how the retainers of the lord of Akō avenged his death in 1703. It is one of the most retold stories in Japan, in kabuki, bunraku, film and year-end TV drama; the raid took place on the 14th day of the 12th month, so the story is linked with December.

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Compare: 家臣(かしん) (vassal, retainer)
Compare: 家来(けらい) (follower, retainer)
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