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I am studying Kanji and it helps me to learn vocabulary in context. I
understand 士 is a word by itself, meaning "man (esp. one who is well-
respected)​" <https://jisho.org/word/%E5%A3%AB>

In websites I looked at for sentences, I only found ones where this kanji was
part of another word (which I'm also interested in learning, but that's not my
question)

  * [tatoeba search](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/search?from=jpn&has_audio=&native=&orphans=no&query=%E5%A3%AB&sort_reverse=&tags=&to=eng&trans_filter=limit&trans_has_audio=&trans_link=direct&trans_orphan=no&trans_to=eng&trans_unapproved=no&trans_user=&unapproved=no&user=&page=2&sort=words)
  * [jisho search](https://jisho.org/search/%E5%A3%AB%20%23sentences)

If I try to make up English sentences and look for translations, I get
sentences with [男](https://jisho.org/word/%E7%94%B7), which makes sense to me.

Would someone be able to provide some example sentences with 士 that are what
someone would actually say or write in Japan? or if it is old-fashioned and
not used much, maybe a proverb or quote would be interesting to learn.
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how to use 士 in a sentence as a word by itself?
Probably the only pattern where 士{し} appears by itself is Xの士 with some
[kango](https://jisho.org/word/%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E) X. But X is rather
restricted, and the pattern is hardly productive.

A search with の士 on [Shonagon](https://shonagon.ninjal.ac.jp/) includes the
following:

  * [憂国の士](https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E6%86%82%E5%9B%BD%E3%81%AE%E5%A3%AB) Typically someone like Yukio Mishima.
  * [具眼の士](https://thesaurus.weblio.jp/content/%E5%85%B7%E7%9C%BC%E3%81%AE%E5%A3%AB) A man of insight. (contains -の士 expressions as synonyms)
  * [同好の士](https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E5%90%8C%E5%A5%BD%E3%81%AE%E5%A3%AB) people with the same hobby. E.g. fans of the same idol can call each other 同好の士.
  * 清廉潔白の士 A man of integrity.
  * 智謀の士 A man of tactics.
  * 武勇の士 A man of courage.
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