徒士組

かちぐみ

noun

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bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

徒	on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
士	gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
組	association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple