"武士" meaning in Japanese

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Proper name

IPA: [bɯ̟ᵝɕi] Forms: 武士 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), Bushi [romanization]
Etymology: table From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 武士 (MC mjuX dzriX). Compare modern Min Nan pronunciation bú-sǐr. First cited to a portion of the 続日本紀 (Shoku Nihongi) dated to 721. Japanese philologist Shinobu Orikuchi postulated in the 1920s that bushi derived instead from 伏 (bushi), the rendaku (連濁) version of fushi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 伏す (fusu, “to bow down, to prostrate”), as found in terms such as 山伏 (yamabushi, “mountain hermit”) and 野伏 (nobushi, “hermit; brigand”). Orikuchi contended that this word arose some time during the Kamakura or Muromachi periods, and that the kanji spelling is ateji (当て字). However, the term 武士 (bushi) with the kanji spelling is attested already in the Nara period, many centuries earlier. In addition, rendaku only applies to the latter element in compounds, so nominalized verb fushi would not appear as bushi on its own. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|bushi}} table, {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|武士}} 武士 (MC mjuX dzriX), {{cog|nan|-}} Min Nan, {{m|ja||続日本紀|tr=Shoku Nihongi}} 続日本紀 (Shoku Nihongi), {{m|ja|伏|tr=bushi}} 伏 (bushi), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{sortkey|ja|武士}} ふし', {{rendaku}} rendaku (連濁), {{m|ja|連用形|pos=stem or continuative form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form), {{m|ja|伏す||to bow down, to prostrate|tr=fusu}} 伏す (fusu, “to bow down, to prostrate”), {{m|ja|山伏||mountain hermit|tr=yamabushi}} 山伏 (yamabushi, “mountain hermit”), {{m|ja|野伏||hermit; brigand|tr=nobushi}} 野伏 (nobushi, “hermit; brigand”), {{m|ja|当て字}} 当て字, {{ja-ateji|sort=ふし}} ateji (当て字), {{m|ja||武士|tr=bushi}} 武士 (bushi) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|ぶし}} 武(ぶ)士(し) • (Bushi)
  1. a place name
    Sense id: en-武士-ja-name-ZV4eXQvV Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 4 28 4 11 11 0 5 7 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 54 11 1 11 15 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 5 25 5 12 12 0 5 7 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 25 4 25 4 13 13 1 6 8 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 66 14 2 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 5 24 5 12 12 0 6 8 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 69 14 1 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 66 11 2 21
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-武士-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: 武士 [canonical] (ruby: (たけ), ()), Takeshi [romanization], 武士 [canonical] (ruby: 武士(たけひと)), Takehito [romanization]
Etymology: Various nanori readings. Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|たけし}} 武(たけ)士(し) • (Takeshi), {{ja-pos|proper|たけひと}} 武士(たけひと) • (Takehito)
  1. a place name
    Sense id: en-武士-ja-name-ZV4eXQvV1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 4 28 4 11 11 0 5 7 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 5 25 5 12 12 0 5 7 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 25 4 25 4 13 13 1 6 8 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 5 24 5 12 12 0 6 8 3
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-武士-ja-name-v2O7m9sM1 Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  3. a male given name Categories (topical): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names
    Sense id: en-武士-ja-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 4 28 4 11 11 0 5 7 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 5 25 5 12 12 0 5 7 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 25 4 25 4 13 13 1 6 8 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 5 24 5 12 12 0 6 8 3
  4. a male given name Categories (topical): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names
    Sense id: en-武士-ja-name-h8YdwBAs1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 4 28 4 11 11 0 5 7 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 5 25 5 12 12 0 5 7 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 25 4 25 4 13 13 1 6 8 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 5 24 5 12 12 0 6 8 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [bɯ̟ᵝɕi] Forms: 武士 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), bushi [romanization]
Etymology: table From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 武士 (MC mjuX dzriX). Compare modern Min Nan pronunciation bú-sǐr. First cited to a portion of the 続日本紀 (Shoku Nihongi) dated to 721. Japanese philologist Shinobu Orikuchi postulated in the 1920s that bushi derived instead from 伏 (bushi), the rendaku (連濁) version of fushi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 伏す (fusu, “to bow down, to prostrate”), as found in terms such as 山伏 (yamabushi, “mountain hermit”) and 野伏 (nobushi, “hermit; brigand”). Orikuchi contended that this word arose some time during the Kamakura or Muromachi periods, and that the kanji spelling is ateji (当て字). However, the term 武士 (bushi) with the kanji spelling is attested already in the Nara period, many centuries earlier. In addition, rendaku only applies to the latter element in compounds, so nominalized verb fushi would not appear as bushi on its own. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|bushi}} table, {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|武士}} 武士 (MC mjuX dzriX), {{cog|nan|-}} Min Nan, {{m|ja||続日本紀|tr=Shoku Nihongi}} 続日本紀 (Shoku Nihongi), {{m|ja|伏|tr=bushi}} 伏 (bushi), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{sortkey|ja|武士}} ふし', {{rendaku}} rendaku (連濁), {{m|ja|連用形|pos=stem or continuative form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form), {{m|ja|伏す||to bow down, to prostrate|tr=fusu}} 伏す (fusu, “to bow down, to prostrate”), {{m|ja|山伏||mountain hermit|tr=yamabushi}} 山伏 (yamabushi, “mountain hermit”), {{m|ja|野伏||hermit; brigand|tr=nobushi}} 野伏 (nobushi, “hermit; brigand”), {{m|ja|当て字}} 当て字, {{ja-ateji|sort=ふし}} ateji (当て字), {{m|ja||武士|tr=bushi}} 武士 (bushi) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぶし}} 武(ぶ)士(し) • (bushi)
  1. (historical, strictly) a professional warrior, a soldier Tags: historical Synonyms: 武士, , 武芸者, 武人, 武者
    Sense id: en-武士-ja-noun-CML342N~
  2. (modern, loosely) a samurai Tags: broadly, modern Synonyms: (english: more strictly)
    Sense id: en-武士-ja-noun-BPgekW3s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 武士気質 (bushi-katagi) (ruby: (), (), 気質(かたぎ)), 武士詞 (bushi-kotoba) (ruby: (), (), (ことば)), 武士団 (bushidan) (ruby: (), (), (だん)), 武士道 (bushidō) (ruby: (), (), (どう)), 武士の商法 (bushi no shōhō) (ruby: (), (), (しょう), (ほう)), 古武士 (kobushi) (ruby: (), (), ())
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [mo̞no̞no̞ɸɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 武士 [canonical] (ruby: 武士(もののふ)), mononofu [romanization]
Etymology: table /mo₂no₂no₂pu/ → /mononopu/ → /mononofu/ From Old Japanese. First cited to the Kojiki of 712. Regarded as a compound of 物 (mono, “thing”, likely in reference to weapons) + の (no, possessive or genitive particle) + ふ (fu, of uncertain meaning; likely related to the be in 物部 (mononobe)). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|mononofu}} table, {{IPAfont|/mo₂no₂no₂pu/}} /mo₂no₂no₂pu/, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=もののふ}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|物部|tr=mononobe}} 物部 (mononobe), {{compound|ja|物|の|ふ|pos1=likely in reference to weapons|pos2=possessive or genitive particle|pos3=of uncertain meaning; likely related to the be in <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">物部</i> (mononobe)|t1=thing|tr1=mono|tr2=no|tr3=fu}} 物 (mono, “thing”, likely in reference to weapons) + の (no, possessive or genitive particle) + ふ (fu, of uncertain meaning; likely related to the be in 物部 (mononobe)), {{m|ja|熟字訓}} 熟字訓, {{jukujikun|sort=もののふ}} jukujikun (熟字訓) Head templates: {{ja-noun|もののふ}} 武士(もののふ) • (mononofu)
  1. (historical) prior to the Ritsuryō system of the late 500s to late 700s, any of various groups directly serving the imperial family Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-武士-ja-noun-BG36baHu
  2. (historical, more generally) a professional warrior, a soldier Tags: broadly, historical Synonyms: 武士, , 武芸者, 武人, 武者
    Sense id: en-武士-ja-noun-CML342N~1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 武士の道 (mononofu no michi) (ruby: 武士(もののふ), (みち)) Related terms: 物部 (mononobe) (ruby: 物部(もののべ))
Etymology number: 2

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          "武",
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      "ipa": "[bɯ̟ᵝɕi]"
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    "Iwanami Shoten",
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    "Muromachi period",
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    "Shinmura Izuru",
    "Shinobu Orikuchi",
    "Shoku Nihongi",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:広辞苑",
    "ja:続日本紀",
    "yamabushi"
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}

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          "言",
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          "身",
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          "互",
          "たが"
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          "桜",
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          "木",
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          "武",
          "ぶ"
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          "士",
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      "other": "ぶし"
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      "ipa": "[bɯ̟ᵝɕi]"
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          "ref": "1885, “抜刀隊 (Battōtai)”, 外山正一 (Toyama Masakazu) (lyrics)",
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              "隊",
              "たい"
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              "山",
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              "一",
              "かず"
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              "皇",
              "み"
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              "國",
              "くに"
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              "かぜ"
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              "武士",
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          "ref": "1911, “歩兵の本領”, 加藤明勝 (lyrics)",
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        },
        {
          "word": "兵"
        },
        {
          "word": "武芸者"
        },
        {
          "word": "武人"
        },
        {
          "word": "武者"
        }
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      ]
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    {
      "other": "もののふ"
    },
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      "ipa": "[mo̞no̞no̞ɸɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki"
  ],
  "word": "武士"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.