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[D]emocratization meant not the 'commonerization' of the samurai class but the 'samuraization' of the commoner.

Ueno, Chizuko. "The Position of Japanese Women Reconsidered," Current Anthropology28 (August/October 1987): 78-79.

P.S. Japanese social linguistics is the stuff dreams are made of.

P.P.S.  Samuraization is my new favourite word.