| 剣道 | [けんどう, kendou] (n) kendo (lit |
| 剣道場 | [けんどうじょう, kendoujou] (n) {MA} kendo hall |
| 剣道着 | [けんどうぎ, kendougi] (n) {MA} kendo gi; kendo uniform |
| 撃剣 | [げきけん, gekiken] (n) fencing; kendo |
| 蹲踞 | [そんきょ, sonkyo] (n,vs) crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match |
| 上段 | [じょうだん, joudan] (n) (1) upper tier; upper section; upper deck; upper row; upper step; upper grade; upper berth; top shelf; (2) (See 上座) place of honor; place of honour; (3) (See 上段の間) dais; raised part of floor; (4) overhead position (of a sword in kendo, etc.) |
| 下段 | [げだん;かだん, gedan ; kadan] (n) (1) lower tier; lower step; lower column; lower berth; bottom shelf; (2) low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.) |
| 中堅 | [ちゅうけん, chuuken] (n,adj-no) (1) main body (of troops); (2) nucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure; (3) center field; centre field; center fielder; centre fielder; (n) (4) athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.); (P) |
| 副将 | [ふくしょう, fukushou] (n) (1) second in command; (2) fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) |
| 大将 | [たいしょう(P);だいしょう, taishou (P); daishou] (n,adj-no) (1) general; admiral; (n) (2) boss; leader; local kingpin; (3) (fam) (familiar or jocular term for addressing a male) old chap; mate; boss; chief; man; (4) athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.); (P) |
| 巻土重来;捲土重来;けん土重来 | [けんどじゅうらい;けんどちょうらい, kendojuurai ; kendochourai] (n) recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts |
| 権道 | [けんどう, kendou] (n) inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency |
| 次鋒 | [じほう, jihou] (n) second athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) |
| 相打ち;相撃ち;相討ち | [あいうち, aiuchi] (n) (1) simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); (2) draw; tie |
| 県道 | [けんどう, kendou] (n) prefectural road; (P) |
| 突慳貪;突っ慳貪 | [つっけんどん, tsukkendon] (adj-na) (uk) blunt; curt; brusque |
| 籠手;篭手;小手 | [こて, kote] (n) gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove |
| 胴 | [どう, dou] (n) (1) trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist; (2) plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); (3) frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship); (P) |
| 萱堂 | [けんどう, kendou] (n) (hon) (arch) (See ははうえ) mother |
| 返し技 | [かえしわざ, kaeshiwaza] (n) counterattack (kendo, judo, etc.); reversal technique |
| 銃剣道 | [じゅうけんどう, juukendou] (n) form of modern martial art using the bayonet |
| 間合い;間合 | [まあい, maai] (n) (1) interval; distance; break; pause; (2) suitable time; appropriate opportunity; (3) distance between opponents (kendo) |
| 面 | [めん, men] (n) (1) face; (2) mask; face guard; (3) {MA} (in kendo) striking the head; (4) surface (esp. a geometrical surface); (5) page; (n,suf) (6) aspect; facet; side; (7) chamfer; (ctr) (8) counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game; (P) |