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Webster 1913 Edition

Bushido

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Bu′shiˊdoˊ

(boō′shēˊdōˊ)

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Noun.

[Jap.

bu

military +

shi

knight +

dō

way, doctrine, principle.]

The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actions of the Japanese knighthood, or Samurai; the chivalry of Japan.

Definition 2024

bushidō

bushidō

See also: bushido

Japanese

Romanization

bushidō

rōmaji reading of ぶしどう