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    3. 武士道

    武士道

    武ぶ士し道どう

    Bushido

    KMT10News #37+1NounCulture & TraditionsHistoryKanji Vocab23 strokes

    ぶしどう

    Noun

    1.
    Bushido, samurai code of chivalry

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    武ぶ士し道どうは日に本ほんの精せい神しん的てきな柱はしらの一ひとつだ。

    Bushido is one of Japan's spiritual pillars.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    武ぶ士し道どうには義ぎ、勇ゆう、仁じん、礼れい、誠せい、名めい誉よ、忠ちゅう義ぎの七ななつの徳とくがある。

    Bushido has seven virtues: righteousness, courage, benevolence, respect, sincerity, honor, and loyalty.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistoryReligion & Philosophy
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいにおいても、武ぶ士し道どうの精せい神しんは多おおくの人ひと々びとに影えい響きょうを与あたえている。

    Even in modern society, the spirit of Bushido influences many people.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    歴れき史し小しょう説せつには、武ぶ士し道どうの精せい神しんを描えがいたものが数かず多おおく存そん在ざいする。

    There are many historical novels that depict the spirit of Bushido.

    KMT10HistoryLiterature
    武ぶ士し道どうは、単たんなる戦たたかいの倫りん理りではなく、生いき方かたそのものを示しめしている。

    Bushido is not merely an ethic of warfare, but it represents a way of life itself.

    KMT10Culture & Traditionsphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    武
    たけ・たけ.し…(7)
    warrior・military・chivalry・arms
    士
    さむらい…(3)
    gentleman・scholar・samurai・samurai radical (no. 33)
    道
    みち・いう…(7)
    road-way・street・district・journey・course…(2)
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