Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Bushido Code help?

Question:


I'm going to get the Bushido code tattoo'd on me, and I'd like to get the correct kanji...but the characters seem to vary in some of them.

Such as in

http://japanese.about.com/library/bl50ka…
and
http://wiki.battlemaster.org/images/Bush…

Why is this? I know english is difficult to translate into japanese because they often mean two different things. But how can I make sure I get the correct translations. Please help.

Answer:


My self, a native Japanese, have never heard of 7 code of Bushido.
However your 2nd. link is listing some obviously wrong use of kanji.
For example: JIN (benevolence) should be 仁. 人 means people.
Gi should be 義. "議 " means discussion or lecture.
人 and 忠議 are also wrong.

Your first link seems to be OK.

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