Definitions for bushido
ˈbu ʃiˌdoʊbushi·do

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1. Bushidonoun

   traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living

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1. bushidonoun

   An ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life.

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1. Bushido

   Bushidō (武士道, "the way of the warrior") is a moral code concerning samurai attitudes, behavior and lifestyle. There are multiple bushido types which evolved significantly through history. Contemporary forms of bushido are still used in the social and economic organization of Japan. Bushido is also used as an overarching term for all the codes, practices, philosophies and principles of samurai culture. It is loosely analogous to the European concept of chivalry, but there are major differences.

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1. bushido

   Bushido, often translated as "the way of the warrior", is a code of moral principles and behaviors that the Samurai class of Japan historically adhered to. It esteems and prioritizes characteristics such as courage, honor, loyalty, self-discipline, respect, benevolence, and rectitude or justice. The Bushido code is deeply rooted in Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ideologies.

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1. Bushido

   Bushidō, literally "the way of the warrior", is a Japanese word for the way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. It originates from the samurai moral code stressing frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and honor unto death. Born from Neo-Confucianism during times of peace in Tokugawa Japan and following Confucian texts, Bushido was also influenced by Shinto and Zen Buddhism, allowing the violent existence of the samurai to be tempered by wisdom and serenity. Bushidō developed between the 9th and 20th centuries and numerous translated documents dating from the 12th to 16th centuries demonstrate its wide influence across the whole of Japan, although some scholars have noted "the term bushidō itself is rarely attested in premodern literature." Under the Tokugawa Shogunate, aspects of bushidō became formalized into Japanese feudal law. The word was first used in Japan during the 17th century. It came into common usage in Japan and the West after the 1899 publication of Nitobe Inazō's Bushido: The Soul of Japan. In Bushido, Inazō wrote: Nitobe was not the first person to document Japanese chivalry in this way. In his text Feudal and Modern Japan, historian Arthur May Knapp wrote: The samurai of thirty years ago had behind him a thousand years of training in the law of honor, obedience, duty, and self-sacrifice.... It was not needed to create or establish them. As a child he had but to be instructed, as indeed he was from his earliest years, in the etiquette of self-immolation.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bushido in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bushido in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bushido
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido
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5. ^ Wikidata
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6. ^ Usage in printed sources
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