武士

武士

1. warrior; fighter
2. soldier
3. (historical) member of a powerful military caste (in medieval Europe or Japan); samurai
4. (historical) palace guard

• (warrior):

• (soldier):

• (samurai): 日本武士

From 伏 (bushi), found in terms such as 山伏 (yamabushi, “mountain hermit”) and 野伏 (nobushi, “hermit; brigand”). Fushi is the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of 伏す (fusu, “to bow down, to prostrate”). The kanji are ateji (当て字), according to Shinobu Orikuchi.[1] However, 武士 itself is first attested in the Nara period.

• (Tokyo) ぶ​し [búꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɕi]

武(ぶ)士(し) • (bushi) 

1. a person who serves a lord or a master
   1. samurai

      武(ぶ)士(し)は食(く)わねど高(たか)楊(よう)枝(じ)

      bushi wa kuwanedo takayōji

      a samurai, even when he has not eaten, uses a toothpick like a lord

   2. warrior

• 武(ぶ)士(し)に二(に)言(ごん)なし (bushi ni nigon nashi)
• 武(ぶ)士(し)は相(あい)身(み)互(たが)い (bushi wa aimitagai)
• 花(はな)は桜(さくら)木(ぎ)人(ひと)は武(ぶ)士(し) (hana wa sakuragi hito wa bushi)

武(ぶ)士(し) • (Bushi) 

1. a place name
2. a surname

/mo₂no₂no₂be₁/ → */mo₂no₂no₂bu/ → */mo₂no₂no₂pu/ → /mononopu/ → /mononofu/

From Old Japanese.

From the 物部氏 (Mononobe-uji, “Mononobe clan”), by re-interpretation of the kun-reading of 部 (be) to the kanyōon reading of fu. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

• (Tokyo) ものの​ふ [mònónóꜜfù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞no̞no̞ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

武士(もののふ) • (mononofu) 

1. a person who serves a lord or a master
   1. samurai
   2. warrior
   • 1885, 外(と)山(やま)正(まさ)一(かず) (Toyama Masakazu) (lyrics), “抜(ばつ)刀(たう)隊(たい) (Battōtai)”:

     皇(み)國(くに)の風(かぜ)と武士(もののふ)

     mikuni no kaze to mononofu

     imperial wind and warriors

   • 1911, 加藤明勝 (lyrics), “歩兵の本領”:

     軍(ぐん)旗(き)守(まも)る武士(もののふ)

     gunki mamoru mononofu

     warriors protecting their flag

   • 1987 March 20 [Feb 20 1987], Fujiko Fujio, “超兵器ガ壱號 [Super-Weapon Guh Mk. I]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 1), volume 1 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 99:

     「忠(チュウ)臣(シン)ハ二(ニ)君(クン)ニ仕(ツカ)エズ」ト海(カイ)堂(ドウ)サン教(オシ)エタデショ　今(イマ)デハ日(ニッ)本(ポン)ガ私(ワタシ)ノ祖(ソ)国(コク)　不(フ)名(メイ)誉(ヨ)ナ追(ツイ)放(ホウ)ヨリ名(メイ)誉(ヨ)アル死(シ)ヲ選(エラ)ビマス　武士(モノノフ)ノ死(シ)ニザマヲ見(ミ)トドケテクダサイ

     “Chūshin wa nikun ni tsukaezu” to Kaidō-san oshieta desho Ima de wa Nippon ga watashi no sokoku Fumeiyo na tsuihō yori meiyo aru shi o erabimasu Mononofu no shinizama o mitodokete kudasai

     You taught me that “loyal servants do not serve two masters”, right? Japan is now my motherland. I would rather choose honored death over dishonored exile. Please watch me die like a samurai.

2. (historical) an official who served in the upper court in the pre-Heian period (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

• 武士(もののふ)の道(みち) (mononofu no michi)

• 物(ものの)部(べ) (Mononobe)

Various nanori readings.

武(たけ)士(し) • (Takeshi) 

1. a place name
2. a surname
3. a male given name (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

武士(たけひと) • (Takehito) 

1. a male given name (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

武士 • (musa) (hangeul 무사)

1. Hanja form^? of 무사 (“warrior”).

武士

1. chữ Hán form of võ sĩ (“combat sport contender; warrior; samurai”).

• 武士道 (võ sĩ đạo)