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eleven .......................juu-ichi
two .......................... ni
twelve .......................juu-ni
thirteen......................juu-san
fourteen .....................juu-yon
five .......................... go
fifteen .......................juu go
sixteen.......................juu roku
twenty ......................ni-juu
Translation
"arigato gozaimashita!
ah-di-gah-toh go-zigh-mosh-ta
"one-gaishimasu!
on-nay-guy-shee-moss
"sumi-masen!", or
gomen-nasai!
soo-me-mah-sen
go-men-nah-sigh
"hai!"
Hi!
"yes!"
oshiete kudasai!
"oh-shee-ay-tay koo-da-sigh
Page 1 of 19 Pages
Tsuki ..............................
straight punch
Shomen uchi.....................
Kesa uchi.........................
Diagonal strike to the neck with the hand blade (or weapon)
Henka waza......................
multiple attack(s)
counter technique(s)
Kata renshu......................
forms training
Ki-no-nagare.....................
flowing/continuous practice
basic/static training
Tachi waza.......................
Page 2 of 19 Pages
"Thank you"
"finished"
Ai .................................
Ai-hanmi.........................
Aiki ...............................
Aikibudo ........................
budo based on the aiki principle (one of the earlier names O-Sensei
used for Aikido)
Aikido ............................
Aikidoka ........................
Aiki-jinja ........................
Aikijo ............................
Aiki-jutsu .......................
Aikikai ...........................
Aiki-ken .........................
Aiki-nage ........................
Aiki-otoshi.......................
Aiki-taiso .......................
Ashi...............................
leg or foot
strike
Awase ............................
Ayumi-ashi .....................
Page 3 of 19 Pages
B
Batto .............................
sword
Batto-ho .........................
sword training
Bo .................................
Bokken ...........................
wooden sword
Bokuto ...........................
wooden sword
Bu.................................
Budo..............................
from Japanese, lit. "the way of battle" or "the way of martial arts"
Budoka ..........................
Bugei ............................
Bujin .............................
Buki-waza .......................
(also Bukiwaza)
Bunbu-ichi.......................
Bunbu-ryodo ....................
the dual paths of the martial and literary arts. One of the historic
ideals of the Japanese samurai class
Bushi .............................
Bushido ..........................
C
Chikara ..........................
Choku ............................
Choku-zuki
(also: Choku-tsuki)
Chudan...........................
Chudan-no-kamae..............
Chudan-zuki ....................
(also: Chudan tsuki)
Page 4 of 19 Pages
D
Daisho............................
Dame ............................
"wrong", or "bad"
Dan ...............................
Den ...............................
Do (Michi) .......................
Do chu no sei.................
Do-gi (Keiko-gi).................
training uniform
Dojo ..............................
Doka .............................
Domo ............................
Dosa .............................
action; movement
Doshu.............................
"Dozo!" ...........................
"Please!"
E
Embukai .........................
public demonstration
Empi..............................
elbow strike
Eri ................................
Page 5 of 19 Pages
F
Fudo-shin ........................
Fuku-shidoin ....................
Furitama.........................
Futari
Futari-dori/Futari-gake
G
-gaeshi (also: Kaeshi)..........
Gasshuku ........................
Gedan ............................
Gedan-barai.....................
Geri...............................
Gi .................................
Giri ...............................
Duty/obligation
Go.................................
Gokyo ............................
"Gomen-nasai" ..................
"Excuse me"
Go-no-sen .......................
Gyaku ............................
reverse, or opposite
Gyaku-hanmi....................
symmetric stance (eg. Right foot to left foot). Compare with Aihanmi
Gyaku-kesa ......................
Gyaku-te.........................
Gyaku-tsuki ....................
Page 6 of 19 Pages
H
Ha.................................
Hachi .............................
Hagakure ........................
"Hai!" .............................
"Yes!"
"Hajime" .........................
"begin!"
Hakama ..........................
Hancho ...........................
Hanmi ............................
Hanmi-handachi ................
Hantai............................
opposed
Happo ............................
Happo-giri .......................
Happo-moku ....................
Hara ..............................
a sweeping block
Harai-zuki .......................
Hasso-gaeshi ....................
Hasso-kamae ...................
"Hayaku!" ........................
"quickly!"
Heiho.............................
Henka-waza ....................
Hiragana ........................
Hito e mi ........................
making the body small: guard position with more angle than hanmi
(see also: Ura Sankaku)
Ho.................................
Hidari ............................
Hiji ...............................
elbow
Hiji-jime/Hiji-kime ............
Hiji-ryoku........................
elbow power
Hineri ............................
twist
Hiza ..............................
knee
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I
Ichi ...............................
Ikkyo..............................
"Ima!".............................
"now!"
Irimi ..............................
Irimi-nage .......................
J
Jiyu ...............................
Free; freedom
Jiyu-waza........................
free-style techniques
Jodan.............................
Jodan-gaeshi ....................
Joseki ............................
soft, flexible
Juji ...............................
Juji-garami......................
Juji-nage ........................
Jun-tsuki.........................
strike with the same arm and leg forward, also called: oitsuki
(compare: gyakutsuki)
Jutai..............................
Jutsu .............................
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K
Kaeshi (also: Gaeshi) .......
Kaeshi-waza .................
Kaeshi-tsuki .................
(also: Kaeshi-zuki)
Kaiten.........................
Kaiten-nage ..................
rotation throw
Kakari-keiko ................
(also: Kakari-geiko)
Kaku...........................
Kakudo........................
angle
Kaiso ..........................
Founder or originator
Kamae ........................
Kamiza........................
Kan ............................
intuition
Kangeiko......................
Kanji ..........................
Kansetsu......................
Kansetsu-waza...............
Karami ........................
(also: Garami)
Kata ...........................
Kata ...........................
shoulder
Kata-gatame .................
shoulder pin
Katakana .....................
Katame .......................
Katame-waza ................
pinning/immobilization techniques
Kata-mochi...................
Katana ........................
Japanese sword
Katate ........................
Katate-tori ..................
Kata-tori .....................
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Kata-tori yokomen-uchi....
Keiko ..........................
training or practice
Ken ............................
Kesa-uchi .....................
Ki ..............................
Kiai ............................
Kihon..........................
Kihon-waza ..................
Kime ..........................
mental focus
Kime ..........................
Ki-musubi ....................
to connect/bind the ki
Ki-musubi-no-tachi .........
Ki no nagare .................
Kiri ............................
to cut
Kiri-kaeshi ...................
Koan...........................
Kobudo........................
Kohai..........................
ones junior
Koho...........................
backward ukemi
Koho undo....................
Kokoro ........................
"heart"
Kokyu .........................
breath
Kokyu-dosa...................
Kokyu-nage...................
breath throw
Kokyuho ......................
Kokyu ryoku..................
breath power
"Konban wa"..................
"Good evening"
Page 10 of 19 Pages
"Good day"
Kosa ...........................
Kosa-tori .....................
Koshi ..........................
Koshi-nage ...................
hip throw
Kote ...........................
wrist/forearm
Kote-gaeshi ..................
Kote-hineri...................
Kote-mawashi ...............
Ku .............................
Kubi ...........................
neck
Kubishime ....................
neck choke
Kumi ..........................
group/set
Kumi-jo .......................
Kumi-tachi ...................
Kuzushi .......................
Kyu ............................
L
Terms starting with the letter L are not found in Japanese
M
Ma-ai ..........................
Mae-geri ......................
Mae-ukemi ...................
"Masakatsu Agatsu" .........
"Matte!".......................
Mawashi ......................
Men............................
Metsuke ......................
Michi ..........................
Migi ...........................
Misogi .........................
Mountain Coast Aikikai
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Mitori-keiko .................
(also Mitori-geiko)
Mochi .........................
Mokuso........................
Morote-tori ..................
Mu .............................
Mudansha ....................
Mune ..........................
Mune-mochi..................
Mune-tori (also: Mune-dori)
Mushin ........................
Muso Shinden Ryu...........
Musubi ........................
N
Nage ..........................
Nagare ........................
Nagewaza ....................
throwing techniques
Nen ............................
purity/unity of mind
Ni ..............................
Nikkyo ........................
Ni-nin-gake...................
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O
Obi ............................
belt
Oitsuki ........................
Omote ........................
Onegaishimasu ..............
Osae...........................
Osae-waza....................
controlling techniques
O-Sensei ......................
Otoshi.........................
Oyo-waza.....................
P
Terms starting with the letter P are rarely used in Japanese
Q
Terms starting with the letter Q are not used in Japanese
R
Randori .......................
free-style practice or sparring, often freestyle with multipleattacker. Lit. "messy striking"
Rei.............................
Renshu ........................
Renzoku ......................
continuous
jo-staff exercise
Ritsurei ......................
standing bow
Rokkyo .......................
Rokku .........................
Ryo ...........................
both
Ryote-mochi .................
Page 13 of 19 Pages
Ryokata-tori .................
Ryote-tori ....................
Ryu ............................
school or tradition
Ryu ............................
"to flow"
Ryu-tai........................
flowing/fluid training.
(compare: jutai, ryutai and ki-no-nagare)
S
Sabaki.........................
San ............................
Sankaku.......................
triangle
Sankakutai ..................
Sankyo ........................
San-nin-dori .................
San-nin-gake .................
Saya ...........................
sword scabbard
Saya-biki .....................
Satori .........................
Seigan.........................
Seiretsu!......................
"line up!"
Seiza ..........................
Sempai........................
a senior student
back stretch
Senaka ........................
Sen-no-sen ...................
Sen-sen-no-sen ..............
Sensei .........................
Shi .............................
death or dead
Shiai...........................
competition or tournament
Shidoin .......................
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Shihan ........................
Shiho ..........................
four directions
Shiho-giri.....................
Shiho-nage ...................
Shi-kaku ......................
Shiki...........................
courage
Shikko.........................
knee walking
Shime .........................
Shimoseki ....................
Shimoza ......................
refers to position in the dojo. Lower seat (the side of the dojo
opposite the kamiza)
Shin ...........................
mind/heart
Shinken ......................
Shinogi........................
Shisei..........................
posture
Shite ..........................
Shizentai .....................
Sho ............................
first; beginning
Shodan ........................
lit: "first step". Refers to the first "dan" or black belt grade
Shomen .......................
Shomen-ate ..................
Shomen-uchi .................
vertical strike to the center of the head with the hand blade
Shoshinsha ...................
beginner
hand blade
Sode ...........................
Sode-tori .....................
a side entering throw with the arm across the partners chest
(also: Kokyuho)
Soto ...........................
Soto-kaiten ..................
outside turning/rotation
Soto-tenkan..................
Page 15 of 19 Pages
Suburi.........................
Suki............................
Sumi-otoshi ..................
corner drop
Sutemi ........................
Sutemi-waza .................
Suri ............................
Suri-ashi ......................
T
Tachi tori.....................
Taijutsu ......................
Tai-no henko.................
Tai-sabaki ....................
body movement
Taiso ..........................
Body exercises
Tanden........................
Tanren ........................
drill/exercise
Tanto .........................
Tanto-tori ....................
Tatami ........................
Te..............................
Tegatana .....................
Te-ho-doki ...................
Tekubi ........................
wrist
Tenchi-nage..................
Tenkan........................
Tori............................
Torii...........................
a Japanese gate
Tsuba .........................
sword guard
Tsuka..........................
Tsuka-ate ....................
Page 16 of 19 Pages
Tsugi-ashi ....................
following step; a sliding step where the front foot slides and
the back foot follows without passing the front foot
Torifune ......................
Toyama-no-metsuke
U
Uchi ...........................
Uchi ...........................
Uchi-deshi....................
Ude ............................
arm
Udekime-nage ...............
arm-lock throw
Ue .............................
Uke ............................
Uke ............................
Ukemi .........................
Undo ..........................
exercise
Ura ............................
Ushiro.........................
Ushiro-geri ...................
back kick
two handed attack: one hand grasps each wrist from behind
the nage (left hand to left wrist, right hand to right wrist)
Ushiro-tenkan ...............
Ushiro-ukemi ................
backward/rearward fall
Ushiro-waza..................
V
Terms starting with the letter V are not found in Japanese
Page 17 of 19 Pages
W
Waza ..........................
Waka sensei..................
Waki...........................
Waki-kamae..................
side guard position, where the sword is held to the rear of the
body in a low position
Waki-o-shimeru .............
a posture where the arm pits are kept closed (or in tension)
Wakizashi ....................
X
Terms starting with the letter X are not found in Japanese
Y
"Yame!" .......................
"stop!" or "finish!"
Yawara........................
Yoko...........................
Yoko-geri .....................
side kick
Yoko-giri......................
Yoko-ukemi ..................
Yokomen .....................
Yokomen-uchi ...............
Yoko-ukemi ..................
sideways fall
Yonkyo ........................
Yudansha .....................
Z
Za..............................
seated position
Aikikai Foundation
Zarei ..........................
Zanshin .......................
Zazen .........................
Zempo ........................
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Zen ............................
Zo-kin .........................
Zori............................
-Zuki ..........................
see: tsuki
-End -
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