Traditional martial arts tuition in Cornwall, UK.

JAPANESE / ENGLISH TRANSLATION SHEET


Though daunting at first, there are only a few key words that the average Karateka need to know which are listed below. The translation sheet is a reference point, a guide to key words ... not a Japanese/English dictionary.


GENERAL

SENSEI TEACHER BARAI SWEEPING
SEMPAI SENIOR RENRAKU COMBINATION
DOJO TRAINING HALL WAZA WAY/TECHNIQUE
REI BOW ARUKU FULL STEP
... NI REI BOW TO... SURIKOMI HALF STEP
SEIZA KNEEL ZANSHIN FOCUS
KIRITSU STAND MOHKSO MEDITATION
HADJIME START CHUSOKO BALL OF FOOT
YAME STOP HAISOKU INSTEP
YASME RELAX IPPON SINGLE (POINT)
JODAN UPPER LEVEL NIHON DOUBLE (POINT)
CHUDAN MID LEVEL JIYU FREESTYLE
GEDAN LOWER LEVEL KUMITE FIGHTING
MAWATTE TURN MAWASHI (A)ROUND
MARUI ROUND THE BACK CHOKU DIRECT
HIDARI LEFT SAKOTSU DESCENDING
MIGI RIGHT KEAGE RISING
GYAKU BACK/REVERSE KEKOME THRUSTING
KIAI SHOUT FUMIKOMI STAMPING
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DACHI - STANCE

YOI READY NEKO ASHI CAT FOOT
MASUBI OPEN TOED KOKUTSU BACK LEANING
ZENKUTSU FRONT LEANING KIBA STRADDLE
HANMI GAMAE FIGHTING SHIKO SUMO
UCHI HACHI IN AND OUT KAKA KNEELING
SANSHIN HOUR GLASS OSAI PRESSING
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ZUKI - PUNCH

GYAKU REVERSE KIZAMI SNAP
URA BACK SHITA CLOSE QUARTER
TOBI KOMI JUMPING NAGASHI SIDE STEPPING
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GERI - KICK

KIN GROIN MAE FRONT
YOKO SIDE HIZA KNEE
MAWASHI ROUNDHOUSE KAKATO HEEL
URA MAWASHI HOOK TOBI JUMPING/FLYING
USHIRO BACK MIKAZUKI CRESCENT
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UCHI - STRIKE

SHUTO KNIFE HAND HAITO RIDGE HAND
SEIKEN FOREFIST URAKEN BACK FIST
NUKITE SPEAR HAND TEISHO PALM HEEL
EMPI ELBOW TETTSUI HAMMERFIST
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UKE - BLOCK

SOTO OUTER SOTO HARAI OUTER SWEEP
UCHI STRIKING UCHI HARAI STRIKING SWEEP
HAISHU BACK HAND UDE BARAI FOREARM SWEEP
TENSHO FLOWING KAKATO HEEL
AGE RISING EMPI ELBOW
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NUMBERS

1spacerICHI ONE 6spacerROKU SIX
2NI TWO 7spacerSICHI SEVEN
3spacerSAN THREE 8spacerHACHI EIGHT
4spacerCHI or YON FOUR 9spacerKU NINE
5spacerGO FIVE 10spacerJU TEN

 


Counting beyond 10 in Japanese is quite easy. For example:-


14 is TEN (plus) FOUR spacer 10 4 spacer JU CHI.

 

36 is THREE (times) TEN (plus) SIX spacer 3 10 6 spacer SAN JU ROKU.


etc., etc.