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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Age	above, up	Harage Ishi Wari
Ai	fit together, join	Kiai
Akushu	handshake	Akushu Kote Tori
Ame	rain	Murasame
Amma, Anma	massage	Amma
An	hold, investigate, consider	Anma
Arashi	laid waste, rough, wild	Yama Arashi
Ashi	foot, leg	Ashi Nada Shime
Ate	hit	Atemi

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Bi	nose, snout	Gebi
Bô	stick	Bô no Maki
Bu	class, section	Yonenbu no Kata
Bushido	Way of the Warrior

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Chigai	difference, dispute	Yuki Chigai
Chô	listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry	Chô To
Chû	middle	Hichû
Chûden	middle transmission	Chûden

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Daitô	long sword, katana	Daitô no Maki
Daki	embrace, hug	Daki Kubi Shime
Dan	cedar, sandlewood tree	Danzan-Ryû
Dan	grade, step (level of Black Belt)	Shodan
Dan, Nan	man, baron	Shin Nan no Maki
Dan	rotten meat odor	Danchû
Danzan-Ryû	sandlewood mountain (Hawaiian) system	Danzan-Ryû Jûjutsu
De	advanced, forward	Deashi Harai
Den	electric	Denkô
Den	field	Tanden Kappô
Den	transmission, tradition	Kodenkan
Dô	motion, confusion	Dô Chû Sei
Dô	trunk of the body, torso	Dô Shime
Dô	way, path, street	Jûdô
Dôjô	practice hall	Shinyu Kai Dôjô
Doku	single, alone	Doku Ko

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Ebi	lobster, shrimp	Ebi Shime
Eri	lapel	Eri Gatame

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Fu	wind, manner	Furo Shime
Fuji	wysteria	Shidare Fuji Shime
Fujin	woman	Fujin Goshin no Maki
Fuku	restore, revert	Seifukujutsu
Furi	shake, swing	Rokushaku Bo Furi
Furo	bath	Furo Shime

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Gaeshi	counter, return	Kote Gaeshi
Gan	eyeball	Gan Hazushi
Gan	include, understand, cherish	Gan Ka
Gane	bell	Tsuri Gane Otoshi
Ge	below	Gebi
Gen	fist	Genkotsu Otoshi
Gen	original	Shingen no Maki
Getsu	moon	Sui Getsu
Gi	uniform
Gijutsu	technique, art	Keisatsu Gijutsu
Go	safeguard, protect	Fujin Goshin no Maki
Go, Itsu(tsu)	five	Godan
Goku	prison	Jigoku Otoshi
Goshin	self defense	Fujin Goshin no Maki
Gyaku	reverse	Gyakute Nage

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Ha	wing	Hagai Shime
Hachi, Ya(tsu)	eight	Hachidan
Hadaka	naked, bare	Hadaka Shime
Hagai	wing pinion	Hagai Shime
Han	half	Hando Shime
Hane	spring up	Hane Goshi
Hara	abdomen	Hara Age Ishi Wari, Harage Ishi Wari
Hajime	Beginning of a match
Harai	sweep	Soto Momo Harai
Hashi, Bashi	chopsticks	Wari Bashi Ori
Haya	quick, early	Seoi Hayanada
Haya	quick, fast	Haya Nawa
Hazushi	release, escape	Katate Hazushi
Hebi	large serpent	Ebi Shime
Hi	fly	Ko Hi Ryoku
Hi	secret	Hiden
Hi	spleen	Hibara
Hibara	side of the body	Hibara Hazushi
Hiki	pull	Hiki Otoshi
Hiza	knee	Hiza Nage
Hô	direction	Shihô Gatame
Hô	method	Katsu Hô (Kappô)
Hoka	outside	Hoka Shaku Zawa
Hon	basic	Hon Tomoe
Hyaku	hundred	Keisatsu Gijutsu Hyaku Ni Ju Te (120 techniques)

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Ichi, Hito(tsu)	one	Ichimonji Shime
Ichimonji	straight line	Ichimonji Shime
Imon	the point where the kimono crosses in front of the chest	Imon Tori
In	institute	Seifukujutsu In
In	negative, female	In Nô
Ina	rice plant	Minoru hodo atama no hikuki inaho kana
Inazuma	lightning flash	Inazuma
Iri	enter	Komi Iri
Isami	braced up, courageous	Isami Tsuki Nage
Ishi	stone	Harage Ishi Wari

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Ji	blood	Hanaji Tome
Ji	earth	Jigoku Otoshi
Ji	shape, character	Juji Gatame
Jigoku	hell	Jigoku Otoshi
Jin	kidney	Jinzô Kappo
Jinzô	kidney	Jinzô Kappo
Jû	gun	Tanjû no Maki
Jû, To	ten	Jûdan
Jûdô	gentle way	Judô shûgyô no kokoro e
Jûji	cross shape	Namijûji Shime
Jûjutsu	gentle art	Danzan-Ryû Jûjutsu

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Ka	cave, pouch	Gan Ka
Kabe	wall	Kabe Shime
Kage	shadow	Tsuki Kage
Kage	shadow, backing assisstance	Sennin Kage
Kai	neck	Kai Chû
Kaku	corner	Sankaku Gatame
Kama	sickle, scythe	Soto Gama
Kami	hair of the head	Osaegami Shime
Kan	interval, space	Mae Kannuki
Kan	school, building	Kodenkan
Kani	crab	Kani Sute
Kappô	resuscitation method	Nô Kappô
Kara	China	Kara Take Wari, Karate Jutsu (old)
Karami	entwine	Ashi Karami
Kasumi	hazy, dim, blurred	Kasumi Dori
Kata	form, model	Yonenbu no Kata
Kata	shoulder	Kata Hazushi
Kata	single, one of a pair	Katate Tai Atari
Katame	harden, set	Ushiro Gatame
Katana	blade, sword	Kogatana Tsukkomi Hazushi
Katsu	resuscitate, living	Katsu Satsu
Katsugi	shouldering	Tora Katsugi
Katsura	Japanese Judas tree	Katsura Wari
Kaze, Kaza	wind, manner	Kaza Guruma
Ke	a coarse camlet	Kesa Hazushi
Keisatsu	police	Keisatsu Torite no Maki
Ken	interval, space	Miken Wari
Keri	kick	Keri Komi
Kesa	Buddhist priest's stole, scarf	Kesa Hazushi
Ki	breath, spirit	Kiai no Maki
Kiai	spirit shout, yell	Kiai Dori
Kibisu	heel	Uchi Kibisu
Kin	testicles	Kin Kappô
Kine	wooden pestle, mallet	Kine Katsugi
Ko	ancient	Kodenkan
Ko	small, short	Kote Shigarami
Kô	behind	Do Kô
Ko	fox	Doku Ko
Ko	look back, examine oneself, retrospect	Ko Hi Ryoku
Kô	mouth, oral	Kôden
Kô	ray, light	Ya Kô
Kô	tall, high, expensive	Kô Ri
Ko	tiger	Ryû Ko
Ko Hi Ryoku	retrospect, then jump to power (Shinyo precept)	Ko Hi Ryoku
Kote	wrist, forearm	Akushu Kotemaki Tori
Ko Tobu Chikara	retrospect, then jump to power (Shinyo precept)	Ko Tobu Chikara
Kobushi	fist	Kobushi Shime
Koden	oral transmission, mouth to ear	Koden
Kodenkan	ancient tradition school, Okazaki's dojo	Kodenkan
Komi	pull, crowded	Tsurikomi Goshi
Koroshi	kill	Kesa Koroshi
Koshi	hip, waist, loin	Ogoshi
Kote	wrist	Kote Gaeshi
Kotsu	bone	Genkotsu Otoshi
Ku, Kokono(tsu)	nine	Kudan
Kubi	neck	Kubi Nuki Shime
Kubi	neck	Tekubi Tori
Kuguri	submerge, hide	Mizu Kuguri
Kura	receive a blow	Zo Kura Wase
Kuruma	wheel, car	Gyaku Hiza Guruma
Kusa	grass, weeds	Kusa Nagi
Kyo	armpit	Kyo In
Kyo	chest	Kyo To
Kyu	level or rank below Black Belt

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Ma	rub	Amma
Mae	front	Mae Yama Kage
Maki	wind, roll up, scroll	Makikomi
Mate	Stop
Matsu	pine tree	Matsu Kaze
Mi	body	Atemi
Mi	eyebrow	Miken Wari
Mikazuki	new moon, crescent moon	Mikazuki
Mizu	water	Mizukuguri
Mô	blind, blind man, ignoramus	Ryo Mô
Mokuroku	catalog	Danzan-Ryû Judo Mokuroku
Momiji	red maple leaf	Momiji Hazushi
Momo	thigh	Momo Shime
Moro	all	Morote Hazushi
Mu	nothing, nil	Munen Muso
Mune	chest	Mune Hazushi
Mura	village	Murasame
Myô	bright	Myô Shô

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Nada	blade, sword	Deashi Hayanada
Nage	throw	Seoi Nage
Nagi	mow down the enemy	Kusa Nagi
Nami	normal	Namijuji Shime
Nawa	rope, cord	Haya Nawa
Nen	idea, sense	Munen Musô
Ni, Futa(tsu)	two	Nidan Gaeshi
Nin	person	Shinnin no Maki
Nirami	glare, scowl	Tora Nirami
Nô	brain	Nô Kappô
No	possessive indicator	Yonenbu no Kata
Nori	ride	Norimi
Nuki	draw out	Nukimi Dome

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Ô	big, major	Ôgoshi
Obi	belt, sash	Obi Hane Goshi
Okazaki	proper name	Henry Seishiro Okazaki
Oku	deep	Oku Te
Okuden	deep transmission	Okuden
Okuri	chase, pursue	Okuri Harai
Ori	break, fold	Hiza Ori Nage
Osae	press, push, seize	Osaegami Shime
Otoshi	drop	Uki Otoshi

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Rei	to bow (showing respect)
Ri	profit, advantage, benefit	Ko Ri
Ro	spine	Furo Shime
Roku, Mu(tsu)	six	Rokushaku Bo Furi
Ryô	double, both	Ryôeri Tori
Ryô	fee, materials	Ryô Mo
Ryô	dragon	Sen Ryô
Ryoku	power, strength	Ko Hi Ryoku
Ryû	current, school, system	Danzan-Ryû
Ryû	dragon	Sen Ryû Tomoe

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Sa	Buddhist surplice	Kesa Hazushi
Saka	reverse	Saka Nuki
Same	rain	Murasame
San, Mi(tsu)	three	Mikka Zuki
Sankaku	triangle	Sankaku Gatame
Saru	monkey	Saru Shime
Sasae	prop up	Sasae Ashi
Satsu	Buddha	Satsuma Shime
Satsu	kill	Katsu Satsu
Satsuma	perfect	Satsuma Shime
Se	back	Seoi Nage
Sei	arrange, tune	Seifukujutsu
Seifuku	restoration	Seifukujutsu
Seishiro	proper name	Henry Seishiro Okazaki
Sempai	assistant instructor	Sempai Smith
Sen	folding fan	Tessen no Maki
Sen	hermit, wizard	Sen Ryô
Sen	thousand	Sennin Kage
Sensei	teacher/instructor	Sensei Ho
Seoi	back carry	Seoi Goshi
Shaku	Japanese foot, measure	Uchi Shaku Zawa
Shi	child	Shi Shi Otoshi
Shi Shi	lion	Shi Shi Otoshi
Shi, Yon, Yo(tsu)	four	Shihô Gatame
Shichi, Nana(tsu)	seven	Shichinin Shime
Shidare	hanging branch	Shidare Fuji Shime
Shika	deer	Shika no Issoku Shime
Shime	choke, strangle	Kubi Shime Tomoe Gyakute
Shime	tighten	Sune Shime
Shin	body	Fujin Goshin no Maki
Shin	God, mind, soul	Shinnin no Maki
Shin	heart	Kyo Shin
Shira	white	Shiraha Watari
Shiraha	naked blade	Shiraha Watari
Sho	beginning	Shoden
Shô	righteous, justice	Myo Shô
Sho	small	Shoto Hibara Hazushi
Sho	star	Myo Jo
Shoden	beginning transmission	Shoden
Shoto	knife, small sword	Shoto Hibara Hazushi
Shu	kind, variety	Kappo Ju Ichi Shu
Sô	conception, thought	Munen Musô
Soto	outside	Soto Momo Harai
Sui	water	Suigetsu
Sumi	corner, nook	Sumi Gaeshi
Sune	shin	Sune Shime
Suso	cuff, hem, base of mountain	Suso Harai
Sute	sacrifice, throw away, abandon	Sutemi
Sutemi	sacrifice the body	Sutemi

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Tai	big	Daitô no Maki
Tai	body	Katate Tai Atari
Take	bamboo	Kara Take Wari
Tan	red, cinnabar	Tanden Kappô
Tan	short	Tanto no Maki
Tanden	point below the navel	Tanden Kappô
Tanju	pistol	Tanjû no Maki
Tantô	knife	Tantô no Maki
Taoshi	overthrow, collapse, break down	Tsurikomi Taoshi
Tataki	beat, thrash	Tataki Komi
Tate	standing	Hiki Tate Tori Shime
Tatsu	dragon	Tatsumaki Shime
Tawara	rice bale	Tawara Gaeshi
Te	hand, techniques	Nage Te
Ten	heaven, sky	Tentô
Tessen	iron fan	Tessen no Maki
Tetsu	iron	Tessen no Maki
To	and so forth, quality, equal	Chô To
Tô	blade, sword	Daitô no Maki
Tô	head	Tentô
Tô	overthrow, collapse, break down	Kyo Tô
Tobi	flying	Tobi Tsuki Tenada
Tome	stop	Hanaji Tome
Tomoe	comma shaped	Katate Tomoe
Tonbo	dragonfly	Tombo Gaeshi
Tonbo Gaeshi	somersault	Tonbo Gaeshi
Tora	tiger	Tora Nage
Tori	seize, hold	Katate Tori
Tori	take, hold (person executing a technique)	Mune Dori
Torite	arrest	Keisatsu Torite no Maki
Tsuki	moon	Tsuki Kage
Tsuki	thrust	Isami Tsuki Nage
Tsukkomi	thrust and pull	Tsukkomi Hazushi
Tsuma	spouse	Ina Tsuma
Tsuri	lift, angle (fishing)	Tsuri Gane Otoshi

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Uchi	inside	Uchi Mata Harai
Uchi	strike, pound	Uchi Komi Dome
Ude	arm	Akushu Ude Tori
Uke	to give (person initiating attacked)
Uki	float	Uki Otoshi
Ushiro	rear	Ushiro Gatame
Utsuri	switch	Utsuri Goshi

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Waki	armpit	Waki Kage
Wari	split	Katsura Wari
Waribashi	splittable chopsticks	Waribashi Ori
Wase	fit together, join	Zô Kurawase
Watari	transit	Shiraha Watari
Waza	a technique

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Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Ya	evening, night	Ya Ko
Yama	mountain	Yama Arashi
Yawara	soft, pliant, gentle, yielding	Yawara
Yô	positive, male	Shinyô no Maki Ko Hi Ryoku
Yonen	children	Yonenbu no Kata
Yonenbu	children's class	Yonenbu no Kata
Yubi	finger	Yubi Tori Hazushi
Yuki	going	Yuki Chigai

Japanese	English	Sample Usage
Zan	mountain	Danzan-Ryû
Zawa	swamp	Uchi Shaku Zawa
Zô	elephant	Zôzu Kurawase
Zô	viscera	Jinzô Kappo
Zu	head	Zozu Kurawase

Dojo
Kyu
Dan
Mate
Rei
Hajime
Waza
Nage
Atemi
Kata
Tori
Uke
Gi
Obi
Kirisuto-Kyo
Bushido
Sensei
Sempai

training hall (school)
level or rank below blackbelt
level or rank of blackbelt
STOP
Respect-to bow
Start of match
Technique
Throw
Strike
Form
to take (person executing technique)
to give (person initiating attack)
Uniform
Belt
Christian or Christianity
Warrior Ways or martial arts
Teacher instructor
Assistant instructor

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