Righteousness

CRITICAL: 義 is one of the core Bushido virtues (rectitude/moral courage) as codified in Nitobe Inazo’s influential Bushido: The Soul of Japan — a samurai-ethics honor-code virtue displayed through right action. Biblical righteousness in Romans is a right standing before God received through faith, not a personal virtue of moral courage cultivated and displayed. Always flag with a distinguishing note in justification contexts.