Editing Bushido (section)

== Etymology ==
[[File:Bushido.jpg|thumb|upright=.5|Bushidō – The Way of the Warrior. Written in Japanese [[kanji]].]]
{{nihongo||[[wikt:武士道#Japanese|武士道]]|Bushidō}} is a Japanese word that literally means "warrior way".  It is first attested in the 1616 work {{nihongo||甲陽軍鑑|[[Kōyō Gunkan]]}}, a military chronicle recording the exploits of the [[Takeda clan]].<ref name="KDJ"><span class="book">'''1988''', <cite>{{lang|ja|国語大辞典（新装版）}} (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition)</cite> (in Japanese), [[w:Tōkyō|Tōkyō]]: [[w:Shogakukan|Shogakukan]]</span></ref>  The term is a compound of {{nihongo||[[wikt:武士#Japanese|武士]]|bushi|extra="warrior", literally 'military + man'}}, a Chinese-derived word first attested in Japanese in 712 with the [[Kanji#On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)|''on'yomi'']] (Sino-Japanese reading), and {{nihongo||[[wikt:道#Japanese|道]]|dō|extra='road, way'}}.<ref name="KDJ"/><ref name="DJS"><span class="book">'''1995''', <cite>{{lang|ja|大辞泉}} (''[[w:Daijisen|Daijisen]]'')</cite> (in Japanese), [[w:Tōkyō|Tōkyō]]: [[w:Shogakukan|Shogakukan]], {{ISBN|4-09-501211-0}}</span></ref><ref name="DJR"><span class="book">'''2006''', <cite>{{lang|ja|大辞林}} (''[[w:Daijirin|Daijirin]]'')</cite>, Third Edition (in Japanese), [[w:Tōkyō|Tōkyō]]: [[w:Sanseidō|Sanseidō]], {{ISBN|4-385-13905-9}}</span></ref>  In modern usage, ''bushi'' is often used as a synonym for ''samurai'';<ref name="KDJ"/><ref name="DJS"/><ref name="DJR"/> however, historical sources make it clear that ''bushi'' and ''samurai'' were distinct concepts, with the former referring to [[soldier]]s or [[warrior]]s and the latter referring instead to a kind of hereditary [[nobility]].<ref>'''1603''', ''[[Nippo Jisho]]'' ("Japanese-Portuguese Dictionary").  [https://books.google.com/books?id=TFJAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA214 Entry for ''saburai''], the then-current pronunciation of modern ''samurai''.  Accessed 2022-06-06.</ref><ref>'''1603''', ''[[Nippo Jisho]]'' ("Japanese-Portuguese Dictionary").  [https://books.google.com/books?id=TFJAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA28 Entry for ''buxi''], the then-current romanization of modern ''bushi''.  Accessed 2022-06-06.</ref>

In the early 17th century, the term {{nihongo||武士道|bushidō}} with its ''on'yomi'' reading was used alongside the synonymous alternative form {{nihongo||武士の道}}, read using native Japanese vocabulary ([[Kanji#Kun'yomi (native reading)|''kun'yomi'']]) as ''mono no fu no michi''.<ref name="KDJ"/><ref name="DJS"/> Another important term is {{nihongo||武士気質|bushi katagi|extra=literally 'warrior temperament'}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jisho.org/word/武士気質 |website=Jissho.org |title=Samurai Spirit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129122754/https://jisho.org/word/%E6%AD%A6%E5%A3%AB%E6%B0%97%E8%B3%AA |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |access-date=June 14, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>