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Terms appearing across the site, with their graphs and working translations. Romanization follows the site conventions: modified Hepburn with macrons, pinyin with tone marks, and IAST for Sanskrit.
-no-jō (尉)
- a-un (阿吽)
- a / hūṃ
- aiki (合気)
- joined energy
- aiki-ken (合気剣)
- Sword practice of Aikidō
- aiki-no-jutsu (合気之術)
- art of aiki
- akuryō (悪霊)
- evil spirits
- anadori (侮り)
- contempt / scorn
- Avataṃsaka-sūtra (大方廣佛華嚴經)
- Daihōkō butsu Kegon-kyō; “Flower-Ornament Sutra
- ayabumi (危ふみ)
- apprehension
- baishin (陪臣)
- sub-vassal
- Bakumatsu Kenkaku Monogatari (幕末剣客物語)
- Late Edo swordsman tales
- Biyan lu (碧巖錄)
- 1128; T2003
Blue Cliff Record (碧巌録)
- bokutō (木刀)
- wooden sword
- bonji (梵字)
- Siddhaṃ characters
- bonkan (梵漢)
- Sanskrit-Chinese traditions
- bonnō (煩悩)
- affliction
- Brahmā’s Net Sūtra (梵網経)
- Bonmōkyō
- bugyō (奉行)
- commissioner
- bujutsu no riai (武術の理合)
- the internal logic of martial technique
- Bujutsu sōsho (武術叢書)
- 1915
- bukan (武鑑)
- Samurai directory/register
- bungenchō (分限帳)
- Retainer stipend roster
bushi (武士)
- byōki (病気)
- sickness” = fixation
- bōgu (防具)
- protective armour
chi (智)
- Chiba Shūsaku ikō (千葉周作遺稿)
- Chiba Shūsaku posthumous manuscripts
- chie (智慧)
- wisdom
- chōtan ichimi (長短一味)
- long and short as one
- chūshin (中心)
- centerline
- deigyū (泥牛)
- clay ox
don (頓)
- don’yoku (貪欲)
- greed; Skt. lobha
doyō (土用)
- dí yìng (敵應)
- hostile or opposed correspondence
dōjō (道場)
- Dǎshǒu gē (打手歌)
- Song of Sparring
- e myō-jutsu (得妙術)
- dé miào shù, “marvelous technique
- emokuroku (絵目録)
- illustrated catalog
- empi (猿飛)
- monkey jump/flying
- en (円頓戒)
- the Tendai perfect-sudden precepts
Enbi (遠備)
- enbu (演武)
- public demonstration
endon shikan (円頓止観)
- endonkai (円頓戒)
- the perfect-sudden precepts
- engi (縁起)
- foundation legend
- Enkai (圓快)
- round and comfortable
- enpi (燕飛)
- KSR ura-dachi #10 Enpi-ken
enpi-ken (燕飛剣)
- enren (圓連)
- circular continuous [movement/connection]
- Enten (円転)
- circular, revolving
- eri-kappō (襟活法)
- collar resuscitation technique
- eri-katsu-hō (襟活法)
- Collar resuscitation method
- fudō (不動)
- immovable/unmoved
fudōchi (不動智)
- Fudōchi Shinmyōroku (不動智神妙録)
- The Marvelous Record of Immovable Wisdom
- fudōshin (不動心)
- the immovable mind
- fugyō-fuki-fushi (不行不帰不止)
- not going, not returning, not stopping
- fukuro shinai (袋竹刀)
- sheathed practice sword
- Furi (振)
- swinging, shaking — of the weapon or spirit; likened to rowing
furyū no katsu (不立之勝)
- Fūjin (風塵)
- wind and dust
- Fūsei (風勢)
- wind force/momentum
- gaman (我慢)
- self-conceit; Skt. asmimāna
- ganmen (顔面)
- face
- gashin (我心)
- egoism
Gassan Heihō Kenjutsu (月山兵法劔術)
- gasshuku (合宿)
- training camp
- gasshō (合掌)
- Palms pressed together in prayer
- gehan-en (下半円)
- lower half-circle
- Geihan Tsūshi (芸藩通志)
- Geihan domain comprehensive gazetteer
- Gekiken Sōdan (撃剣叢談)
- Collected tales of fencing
- gen (験)
- ascetic efficacy
- genjutsu (幻術)
- illusion arts/techniques
Ginmi no Koto (吟味之事)
- gishi-saisei (擬死再生)
- simulated death and rebirth
- go-ka no hōjō (五ヶ之法定)
- five unities — 動静一体・起発一体・攻防一体・虚実一体・陰陽一体
- go-kachi (御徒)
- foot-guard
- godai (五大)
- the five mahābhūta: earth–water–fire–wind–void / 地水火風空
- gogyō (五行)
- wǔxíng
gogyō no tachi (五行之太刀)
- gokui (極意)
- inner teaching
gokui shichijō (極意七条)
- gongen (権現)
- provisional manifestation
Gorin-ran (五輪攔)
- gorintō (五輪塔)
- five-ring stūpa
- goshin-jutsu (護身術)
- self-defense art
- goshu goshin (五種護身)
- Five Protections
gotai (五体)
- gungaku-shinan’yaku (軍学指南役)
- military arts instructor role
- gungakusha (軍学者)
- military strategist/scholar
- Gunkan (軍觀)
- reading uncertain
gushōkai (具足戒)
- gyaku (逆)
- reverse/contrary [technique]
gyakufu (逆風)
Gyokuei shūi (玉栄拾遺)
gyōsho (行書)
- Gēngyú shèngjì (耕餘剩技)
- Skills Beyond Farming
- gōshi (郷士)
- rural samurai
- gūji (宮司)
- head priest
- habiki (刃引)
- blunt-edged practice sword
- hachibunzu (八分圖)
- eight-part circle diagram
hairyū (敗龍)
- hakama (義経袴)
- Yoshitsune-style hakama (pleated trousers)
Hakkō ichiu (八紘一宇)
- hama-ya (破魔矢)
- demon-quelling arrows
- Hannya Shingyō (般若心経)
- Heart Sutra
- hanshi (藩士)
- feudal domain retainer
happa (発破)
- hari (ハリ)
- extension/stretching
hassun no nobegane (八寸の延がね)
- hassō (八相)
- posture of the eight aspects
hassō happa (八相発破)
- hayafune (早船)
- fast boat [technique]
heihō (兵法)
Heihō kyūri no maki (兵法窮理之巻)
- heihō sandai genryū (兵法三大源流)
- the three source-streams
- Heikyūroku (斃休録)
- record of fallen/resting (death register)
- Higo budō-shi (肥後武道史)
- Higo domain martial arts history
hikiri (非切)
- Hito o korosazu, onore kizutsukazu (人を殺さず己れ傷つかず)
- kill no one, injure not oneself
- Hito o korosazu, ware mo korosazu (人を殺さず我れも殺さず)
- kill no one, and I too kill not
- hohei (歩兵)
- infantry soldier
- hohei-bugyō (歩兵奉行)
- infantry magistrate
- hokkai engi (法界縁起)
- dharmadhātu dependent-arising
- hongaku (本覚)
- original enlightenment
- Honshiki (本識)
- Skt. mūlavijñāna
Honshiki san-mondō (本識三問答)
Honshiki sanmondō (本識三問答)
- Honshin mōshin (本心妄心)
- original mind and deluded mind
- hora-gai (法螺貝)
- conch
hyakuren jitoku (百錬自得)
- hyōri (表裡)
- surface and reverse — the outward shown and the hidden intent
- hyōshi (拍子)
- rhythm, timing
- hō-en-kyoku-choku-ei (方円曲直鋭)
- Square, round, curved, straight, pointed
- hōjō (法定)
- the foundational Jikishinkage-ryū kata
ichi no tachi (一字の一)
ichiran (一覧)
- idori (居捕)
- Seated grappling/arrest technique
- ikari (怒り)
- anger; Skt. dveṣa
- ikki-tō (一氣當)
- striking with one spirit
invisibility (隱形)
- iro (色)
- sensing the opponent’s intention
- iwakura (磐座)
- sacred rock seat
- jaki (邪鬼)
- malign demons
- jaki taisan (邪鬼退散)
- driving off malign demons
- janen (邪念)
- deluded thoughts
- ji-ri itchi (事理一致)
- Theory and practice unified
- jian (劍)
- jiàn; straight sword
- jifuku (時服)
- Seasonal clothing stipend
- jigeiko (地稽古)
- free practice
- jiin (次韻)
- matching-rhyme
- jikisan (直参)
- direct retainer
Jikishin Seitō-ryū menjō (直心正統流免状)
Jikishin-shōtō-ryū menjō (直心正統流免状)
- jin (勁)
- jìn; refined force
- jitsu (實)
- substantial/solid
- jitsui no shugyō daiichi (実意之修業第一)
- substance in training first, over outward ornament
- jiyū (自由)
- free, unconstrained
- jizai (自在)
- unrestricted, done at will
- jumon (呪文)
- incantations
- jun (順)
- forward/along [technique]
- Jìxiào Xīnshū (紀效新書)
- Chinese military training manual
- jōdai (城代)
- castle deputy/keeper
- jōdan (上段)
- upper-level posture
jōdan no kamae (上段の構え)
- jōju (成就)
- completion/accomplishment
- jōjutsu (杖術)
- short-staff
Jū (住)
- jūaku (十悪)
- ten evils
- jūbun (十分)
- fullness/completeness
Jūji (住地)
jūji bonnō (住地煩悩)
- Jūji-hon (十地品)
- Daśabhūmika, the ten bodhisattva grounds, source of 三界唯心 “the three realms are mind-only
- jūjutsu kyōju-kokoroe hosa (柔術教授心得補佐)
- assistant to the instructor-designate
- jūjutsu-kata kyōju-kata (柔術形教授方)
- kata instructor
- jūkenjutsu (銃剣術)
- bayonet technique
- ka-i hentai (華夷変態)
- Transformation from Chinese to barbarian
kaboku (和卜)
- kaeshi (返し)
- counter
- kage (影)
- shadowing
kai (戒)
- kai-yamabushi (貝山伏)
- conch-bearer
- kaito (回刀)
- circular sword (rolling action
- kaji (加持)
- empowerment ritual/esoteric prayer
- Kakurin Bosatsu ge (覚林菩薩偈)
- Verse of Kakurin Bodhisattva
- kamae (構え)
- posture, guard
- kamewari-tō (瓶割刀)
- jar-splitting sword
- Kanfu yōhatsu (間不容髪)
- jiān bù róng fà; not a hair’s breadth of gap
kannagara no ōdō (惟神の大道)
- kappō (四ヶ条の活法)
- Four resuscitation methods
- karagokoro (漢意)
- the Chinese mind
- karō (家老)
- senior domain retainer
- kashira-nami (頭並)
- rank of head-level (peer of chief)
- kasumi (霞)
- mist (posture
- katate-guntōjutsu (片手軍刀術)
- one-hand saber technique
- katsu (かつ)
- resuscitation shout/revival cry
Katsu Kaishū no genten (勝海舟の原点)
- katsujinken (活人剣)
- life-giving sword
katsuninken (活人剣)
- kedai (懈怠)
- TOCS p.243
- kei (敬)
- heedfulness
- keiko-nakama (稽古仲間)
- training companions
- keiraku (経絡)
- meridian
- kekkai (結界)
- consecrated enclosure
- Ken (権)
- quán
ken tai yū (權躰勇)
- ken-tai-hyōri (懸待表裡)
- attack-and-waiting, surface-and-interior
Kenchō (剣徴)
Kendō no Hattatsu (剣道の発達)
Kenjutsu fushiki hen (剣術不識篇)
- Kenkairon (顕戒論)
- Treatise Revealing the Precepts
- kenminsen (遣明船)
- Ming-tribute trade ships
- kenpō (拳法)
- boxing
Kensetsu (剣説)
- kesa (袈裟)
- KSR ichi-no-tachi and kihon #1
ki (氣剛健活達)
- kiai (気合)
- spirit-harmony – intent or combative vocalisation
kihatsu (起發)
- kikai-tanden (気海丹田)
- qìhǎi dāntián; the
sea-of-qi cinnabar-field / lower dantian
- kime (極め)
- decisiveness
- kimon (鬼門)
- demon gate
- kin-katsu-hō (金活法)
- Gold resuscitation method
- kiri otoshi (切り落とし)
- cutting-down counter
Kiri Otoshi no Koto (切落之事)
- kiri-otoshi (切落)
- Dropping cut technique
- kirigami (切紙)
- entry-level transmission certificate
- kissaki gaeshi (切先返し)
- returning the sword tip
kitō no koto (氣當之事)
- kizen (機前)
- before the trigger
- kobudō (古武道)
- classical martial ways
- kodachi (小太刀)
- short sword
- kogusoku (小具足)
- small grappling/close combat
- kojitsu (故実)
- inherited precedent
- Kokoro no okidokoro (心の置所)
- where to place the mind
- kokoroe-kata taii (心得方大意)
- outline of guiding principles
- kokoromochi (心持)
- mental bearing/disposition
- koryū (古流)
- classical school
- koshi-no-mawari (腰之廻)
- use of small edged weapons
- koshiki no kata (古式の形)
- old-style kata
- koto (事)
- matters
- Kubota-ha Tamiya-ryū (窪田派田宮流)
- Kubota branch Tamiya school
- kuji-giri (九字切り)
- the nine-syllable cutting
- Kuka (九箇)
- 9 tachi
- kumi-uchi (組討)
- grappling
- kumo (蜘蛛)
- spider
- kurai (位)
- poise
Kurikara (倶利伽羅)
- kuzushi (崩し)
- off-balancing
- kyōju-kata (剣術教授方)
- Swordsmanship instruction department
- kyōju-kata tōdori (教授方頭取)
- head of instructors
- kyōjun (恭順)
- submission/compliance
- kyōshi (教士)
- teaching license
- kyōshin (鏡心)
- mirror-heart
- Kyū hōshin (求放心)
- qiú fàngxīn; seek the strayed mind
- kyūjitai (舊字體)
- old character form
- kyūmonjo (糺問所)
- interrogation office
- Kyūri no maki (窮理之巻)
- qiónglǐ; ‘investigating principle’
- Kōbusho-bugyō shihai (講武所奉行支配)
- Kōbusho magistrate’s jurisdiction
Kōhō Yokoshiba (広報よこしば)
- Kōjō Gokui no Koto (口上極意之事)
- beyond words
- kū no hyōshi (空の拍子)
- the rhythm of emptiness
- liùhé (六合)
- six harmonies
Liùhé quán (六合拳)
ma (間)
- ma-ai (間合)
- combative distance
- Makinohara shizoku kaikonchi ezumen (牧之原士族開墾地絵図面)
- illustrated map of Makinohara samurai reclamation land
- Makinohara Zanshō (牧之原残照)
- Lingering glow over Makinohara
- makiuchi (巻落)
- wrapping dropping (cut
- manshin (慢心)
- conceit; Skt. māna
- manuki (万字抜)
- manji draw
- Marishiten shisha-sho (摩利支天使者書)
- writ of the messenger of Marishiten
- marobashi (転)
- Rolling/transferring technique
- Marubashi (転)
- rolling/tumbling [technique]
maruhashi (丸橋)
- matsukaze (松風)
- pine wind [technique]
- mayoi (迷ひ)
- delusion; Skt. moha
- Mazu Daoyi chanshi guanglu (馬祖道一禪師廣錄)
- X69n1321, in the Sike yulu 四家語錄
- meguru (旋)
- to turn around
- meigen-shiki (鳴弦式)
- bowstring-twanging rite
- men (面)
- head target
menjō uragaki (直心正統流免状裏書)
- menkage (面影)
- face/image reflection [technique]
- menkyo (免許)
- full transmission license
- mikkyō (密教)
- esoteric Buddhism
- mine-iri goma-ku (峰入り護摩供)
- the goma fire-offering executed before entering the mountains for a training retreat
- mokuroku (目録)
- catalogue scroll of transmission
- Momoi Shunzō (桃井春蔵)
- furigana もものい
- monjin (門人)
- student/disciple
- mu (無)
- nothingness/emptiness
- mukamae (無構)
- no-stance
- mumyō (無明)
- avidyā; ignorance
- Mumyō jūji bonnō (無明住地煩悩)
- the affliction of abiding-place ignorance
- musha-shugyō (武者修行)
- martial arts pilgrimage
- Mutsumi (むつみ)
- Harmony/friendship
- nagashi (流し)
- flowing deflection
- naginatajutsu (薙刀術)
- glaive
naikan (内観)
- nanatsu-dachi (七太刀)
- possibly based on Shintō-ryū
- negi (禰宜)
- Shinto shrine priest
- ni-jutsu (二術)
- two arts/techniques
- nihontō (日本刀)
- Japanese sword
- ning (拧)
- níng; twisting
- ninin-gakari (二人掛かり)
- two-attacker practice
- Nishi no Nozoki (西の覗き)
- Westward peeping viewpoint
- nittō (入唐)
- journey to Ming China
- Nyū-hokkai-hon (入法界品)
- Gaṇḍavyūha, the pilgrim Sudhana / 善財童子 visiting fifty-three teachers
- Nèijiā quánfǎ (內家拳法)
- Methods of the Internal School
- odachi (大太刀)
- great sword
- oku (奥)
- inner, deep
- okunoin (奥の院)
- Inner sanctuary of temple/shrine
- omote (表)
- outer, formal
onmyōdō (陰陽道)
- oshikiuchi (御式内)
- Secret inner court techniques
- osore (恐れ)
- fear
- Pang jushi yulu (龐居士語錄)
- X69n1336
pingchang (評唱)
- pīquán (劈拳)
- splitting fist
- qi (氣)
- qì
- qinna (擒拿)
- qínná; seizing and locking
- Quánjīng jiéyào piān (拳經捷要篇)
- Essentials of the Classic of Pugilism
- Raitō (雷刀)
- thunder sword
- randori (乱取り)
- free practice
- reiki no hō (霊気之法)
- Spiritual energy healing method
- reiki-no-hō (霊気之法)
- Spiritual energy healing method
- reimu (霊夢)
- numinous dream
Reirōshū (玲瓏集)
- reizan kaibyaku (霊山開闢)
- the opening of the sacred mountain
- ren (連)
- linking/sequential techniques
- riken (利剣)
- keen sword
- Rikugun rekishi (陸軍歴史)
- 陸軍省総務局編, 1889; NDL pid 988906
- Runaway Horses (奔馬)
- Novel about nationalist youth uprising
- ryōban-kaku (両番格)
- Both-guard-rank status
- ryūbi (龍尾)
- the dragon’s tail
- ryūha (流派)
- school, tradition
- rōshi-toriatsukai (浪士取扱)
- Handling of masterless samurai
- saitō ō-goma-ku (柴灯大護摩供)
- open-air great goma
Samantabhadra (普賢)
- san-kappō (三活法)
- for drowning, falling, hanging
- san-sōō (三相應)
- さんそうおう
sangaku (参学)
- sangakuen (三学円)
- three-learning circle [principle]
Sange gakushōshiki (山家学生式)
Sankō no riken (三光の利劔)
- sanrō (参籠)
- ritual seclusion
- sanze (三世)
- past–present–future
- sappei sashizu-yaku (撒兵指図役格式)
- the Wikipedia text miswrites 撒 as 撤, and the army-standard graph is 差図役
- saru (猿)
- monkey
Sarumawashi (猿廻)
Sarutobi (猿飛)
- sasoi-katsu (誘活)
- Luring resuscitation technique
- Seieitai (精鋭隊)
- elite/crack military unit
- seigan (正眼)
- the mid-level guard
- seijō chinkon (清浄鎮魂)
- purification and spirit-pacification
seikō-sui (西江水)
- seiza (正座)
- formal kneeling seated posture
- Sekka no ki (石火之機)
- shí huǒ zhī jī; the flint-spark instant
- seme (攻め)
- pressure
- sen (先)
- initiative
- sen no sen (先の先)
- seizing initiative simultaneously
- sen sen no sen (先々の先)
- seizing initiative before
- sendatsu (先達)
- senior guide
- sente (先手)
- initiative
- sha (車)
- low rear posture (Jiki; cf. kendō waki-gamae 脇構
- shi (仕)
- receiving role
- shiai (試合)
- contest
- shichijō no tachi (七条之太刀)
- seven-article sword [techniques]
shichijō-no-tachi (七条之太刀)
- shidachi (仕太刀)
- receiving sword (role
shidai (四大)
- shihan-yaku (師範役)
- head instructor
- shihan-yaku-nami (師範役並)
- senior instructor rank
- shihandai (師範代)
- senior assistant instructor
- shihō-barai (四方払い)
- four-direction clearing
- shin (心)
- core/inner material or balance in this case
Shin no shin’in heihō menjō (真之心陰兵法免状)
- Shin zui bankyō ten (心隨萬境轉)
- xīn suí wàn jìng zhuǎn; “the mind turns following the myriad realms
- Shin-hen Bankyō (心遍萬境)
- xīn biàn wàn jìng; “the mind pervades all realms
- shinai (竹刀)
- bamboo sword
- shinai gekken (竹刀撃剣)
- Bamboo-sword fencing matches
- shinan-yaku (指南役)
- instructor/guidance role
- shinban (新番)
- new guard unit/position
- Shindō Yōshin-ryū no rekishi to gihō (神道揚心流の歴史と技法)
- Shindō Yōshin-ryū history and techniques
- shingyō (心行)
- mind-practice
- shinjū (神獣)
- divine beasts
Shinkage heihō (新陰兵法)
- Shinkage-ryū (新陰流)
- New Shadow sword school
shinmyō-ken (神妙剣)
- shinmyōken (神妙剣)
- divinely subtle/mysterious sword
- Shintaishishō (新体詩抄)
- Selection of New-Style Poetry
- shintaku (神託)
- oracle
- shishi (志士)
- sincere martyrs of the 昭和維新
shishin (四神)
- shissō (疾走)
- sprinting / rapid movement
- shizuma-no-maki (静間之巻)
- reading tentative
- Shobutsu fudōchi (諸佛不動智)
- the immovable wisdom of all Buddhas
- shogō metsuzai (諸業滅罪)
- expiation of all karmic acts
- shoki (書記)
- secretary/clerk
shubaki (朱書)
- Shugendō (修験道)
- the way of cultivation and verification
- shugenja (修験者)
- Shugendō practitioner
- shugyō (修行)
- ascetic training
- shugyōnin (修業人)
- trainee/apprentice student
- Shunkashūtō (春夏秋冬)
- four-seasons
shusho (朱書)
- shōbōgenzō (正法眼藏)
- treasury of the true dharma eye
- Shōgitai Senshi (彰義隊戦史)
- 山崎有信, 1910
- sokui (続飯)
- KSR ura-dachi #3 and #6
- suburi (素振り)
- solo swinging practice cuts
- Suifu keisan (水府系纂)
- Mito domain genealogical compilation
suigetsu (水月)
- suigun (水軍)
- naval levies
- suiri-rotei-gakari (水利路程掛)
- Water-route distance official
- Suisei (水勢)
- water force/momentum
- sune-giri (脛斬り)
- shin-cut
- sunpō (寸法)
- measurement/proportion
- suriage (摺り上げ)
- rising deflection
- sān xiāngyìng (三相應)
- three line-resonances of a hexagram
- sō-katsu-hō (総活法)
- General resuscitation method
- Sōjaku no Koto (相尺之事)
- matter of mutual measure
- sōjutsu (槍術)
- spear art
- sōng (鬆)
- loose/relaxed [body state]
sōrōbun (候文)
sōtai no boku (惣躰之卜)
- tachi (太刀)
- sword
- tachi-yamabushi (太刀山伏)
- sword-bearer
- tachiai (立合)
- Standing match/confrontation
- tai (待)
- defensive waiting
- tai atari (体当たり)
- the body strike
- tai-sabaki (体捌き)
- body evasion/movement
- Taiaki (太阿記)
- Record of the Taia [sword]
- taichō (隊長)
- unit commander/company commander
- taigi (大義)
- righteous cause
tairen (体連)
Takuan Oshō Zenshū (沢菴和尚全集)
Takuan Sōhō (沢庵宗彭)
- tare (垂れ)
- the armor’s waist flaps
- te-hodoki (手解)
- Hand-release escape technique
- ten-chi-jin (天地人)
- the three powers of heaven, earth and humanity
- Ten-no-maki (天之巻)
- Heaven scroll
- Tengu geijutsuron (天狗藝術論)
- Discourse on the Art of the Tengu,” 1729
- teppa (鉄破)
- iron-breaking [technique]
- to omowareru (と思われる)
- appears to / is thought to
- tobichigai (飛び違い)
- the crossing pass
- tome (留)
- finishing/stopping techniques
Tome Sandan no Koto (留三段之事)
- Toppi Oppi (突非押非)
- sudden mistake, sudden thrust
- torii-dome (鳥居止)
- gate block
- tsuba (鍔)
- sword guard
- Tsuba Jiri (鍔取)
- catching the tsuba
- tsuba-zeriai (鍔迫り合い)
- meeting with the tsuba
- Tsuki no Shō (月之抄)
- 1642
- Tsumoru (つもる)
- Accumulating/piling up
- Tuàn (彖)
- Judgement
- Tàijíquán jiǎngyì (太極拳講義)
- 1935
tō (韜)
- tō-no-kata (韜之形)
- tactical (encirclement
- tōdori (頭取)
- head or chief
- tōdori-nami (頭取並)
- rank just below chief officer
- Tōhan shikō (東藩史稿)
- Eastern domain historical draft
tōren (刀連)
- uchi (打)
- striking role
- uchi-harai (打ち払い)
- striking-clearing
- uchidachi (打太刀)
- attacking sword/senior practice partner
- uchikomi (打ち込み)
- striking-in practice
- uchikowashi (打ちこわし)
- 1866 rice-riots
- Unjō-no-maki (雲上之巻)
- Above-clouds scroll
- unpō (運法)
- advancing methods
- ura (裏)
- back-hand, concealed
- ura-no-te-no-kata(chi) (裏の手の形)
- back-hand form
- uramen (裏面)
- reverse/hidden side
- utagai (疑ひ)
- doubt; Skt. vicikitsā
- wa (和)
- harmony
wa no koto (和之事)
- wakō (倭寇)
- coastal raider
- Wáng Zhēngnán mùzhìmíng (王征南墓誌銘)
- Epitaph for Wang Zhengnan, 1669
- wú yìng (無應)
- without response
- Wǔbèizhì (武備志)
- Chinese military preparedness treatise
- wǔxíng (五行)
- wǔxíng; five-phase
- Xinxin ming (信心銘)
- Inscription on faith mind
xiāngyìng (相應)
- Xíngyì (形意)
- form-intention [boxing style]
- ya-ei (ヤエイ)
- two-part kiai of Jikishinkage-ryū kata practice
yaegaki (八重垣)
- yakuhō (薬法)
- pharmacopoeia
- yamabushi (山伏)
- mountain ascetic
- yanagi (柳)
- ryū / yanagi
- yatagarasu (八咫烏)
- eight-span crow
- yawara (柔)
- grappling; jiu-jitsu
- yokomen (横面)
- side of head strike
- yon-kappō (四活法)
- for steam, smoke, cold, blow
- yoriki (与力)
- police officer assisting magistrate
- yoroi-kumiuchi (鎧組討)
- armored grappling
- Yorozu (よろず)
- Ten thousand things/miscellany
- yuiju ichinin senkin no tachi (唯授一人千金の太刀)
- one-to-one secret transmission
- Yuishin-ge (唯心偈)
- Mind-only verse
- yumitori (弓取り)
- bow-twirling ceremony
- Yōshin-ryū Sakkatsu-nihō (楊心流殺活二法)
- Yōshin-ryū killing and resuscitation methods
- yūgekitai (遊撃隊)
- Mobile strike unit
- yūkatsu (誘活)
- stimulation resuscitation technique
- yǒu yìng (有應)
- has response
- zange-metsuzai (懺悔滅罪)
- confession and extinction of sins
- zanshin (残心)
- sustained vigilance
- Zengo saidan (前後際斷)
- qiánhòu jì duàn; cutting off before-and-after
zenkoku (全国)
- zhèng yìng (正應)
- proper response
- Zhān Nián Lián Suí (沾粘連随)
- adhere, stick, join, follow
Zhōngzhōu xuékān (中州學刊)
zuien (随縁)
- Zutang ji (祖堂集)
- Sodōshū, 952; CBETA B25n0144
- zìrán (自然)
- naturalness/spontaneity
- Ō mu shojū ni shite sono kokoro wo shōzu (応無所住而生其心)
- yīng wú suǒ zhù ér shēng qí xīn; dwelling nowhere, let the mind arise
- ōwakizashi (大脇指)
- large short sword