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Bushido

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Bu·shi·do also bu·shi·do  (bsh-d, bsh-)
n.
The traditional code of the Japanese samurai, stressing honor, self-discipline, bravery, and simple living.
[Japanese bushid : bushi, warrior (from Middle Chinese wushi, knight, warrior : w, wu, military + shi, brave warrior) + d, way; see aikido.]
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Noun1.Bushido - traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living
code, codification - a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
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Their adherence to the Bushido Code--preferring death to the dishonor of surrender--compelled almost all of the 21,000 Japanese to fight to the bitter end.
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First, bushido, or the warrior code continuing the samurai tradition, warrants five mentions, while treatment of "the Kamikazes" (p.
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Wilson points out this made him the true version of the Bushido code warrior, a design and dream of martial arts since the Confucian days in ancient China.
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