also: ぶどう · ぶとう
Archaic term for something morally repugnant or beyond reason. Used in classical contexts.
See also: 無道
His conduct was condemned as inhuman.
barbarity (historical crime)
Specific historical legal term: one of the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law, including acts like killing three members of one family or dismembering a corpse.
See also: 八虐
Barbarity is one of the eight unpardonable crimes.
Standard kanji form for this archaic term.
Alternate reading; less common.
Alternate reading; less common.
Composed of 不 (not) and 道 (way, morality), literally 'without the proper way'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term appears in classical Chinese-influenced texts.