olden days; former

samurai / wait upon, serve

(historical) a warrior class in medieval and pre-modern Japan; samurai / a servant / a retainer / Short for 侍所 (samurai-dokoro): the Board of Retainers in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.

a servant / a retainer / a warrior; particularly, a samurai / Synonym of 下侍 (shimosaburai): / Short for 侍所 (saburai-dokoro): a samurai guardhouse in the Heian period

to wait for a chance / to serve by one's side

(copula) to be / verbal suffix

to serve by one's side / (copula) to be

(informal, rather childish) spanking

merit / the class of an order of merit

medal, a stamped metal disc presented as an honor / decoration, an honor such as one pinned to a uniform / order, a type of honor