List: martial arts
Terms used in Japanese martial arts like Judo, Kendo, Aikido, Ninjutsu among others.
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb martial arts sumo
- to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix
- to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match)
- to persist in doing, to go through with
- to always do, to have made a habit of
- to take for granted, to assume
- to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines
- to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing
- to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
- to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
popular noun noun (generic) food, cooking abbreviation martial arts counter
- tying up, binding, fastening, tightening
- total, sum
- conclusion (e.g. of a gathering), end, finish, rounding off
- final meal after a drinking party
- dish made after eating a hot pot by adding rice or noodles to the leftover broth
- deadline, closing, cut-off
- choking technique (in judo), stranglehold
- closure mark
- counter for bundles (of wood, cotton, etc.)
- counter for reams of 2000 sheets of Japanese writing paper
popular archaic noun noun (generic) martial arts
- policeman, official in charge of imprisoning offenders
- art of defeating (and capturing) an opponent with one's bare hands
popular rarely used kanji form martial arts sumo noun noun (generic)
- pinning technique (in wrestling or judo)
- underhanded dealings
popular martial arts noun noun (generic)
- seoi nage (judo), shoulder throw, back-carry throw
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form martial arts noun noun (generic)
- bamboo sword (for kendo), bamboo fencing stick
- bamboo sword
popular obsolete kanji martial arts noun noun (generic)
- aikido
popular sumo martial arts noun noun (generic)
- throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)
popular sumo martial arts noun noun (generic)
- leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.)
- foothold, pedal
- indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
popular martial arts noun noun (generic)
- holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture)
- haughty attitude, overbearing manner