It’s just a way of distinguishing two different kata. In this article, well provide you with over 50 useful phrases in Japanese for tourists to help you communicate with locals and make the most of your trip. * Kata with “lesser” or “greater” attached (“sho” or “dai”) don’t really mean “lesser” or “greater” in any quantitative sense. ji’in – “compassion and shadow” (Possibly another temple.).gojuushiho sho – “fifty-four steps,” “lesser” version *.gojuushiho (dai) – “fifty-four steps,” “greater” version *.kankuu sho – “observing the sky/emptiness,” “lesser” version *.bassai sho – “destroying a fortress,” “lesser” version *.gankaku – “boulder crane” (the bird on a rock).kankuu dai – “observing the sky/emptiness,” “greater” version *.jion – “compassion and favor” (This is a Buddhist term and possibly the name of some temple.).bassai dai – “destroying a fortress,” “greater” version *.tekki shodan – “iron horseman,” “first level”.heian shodan – “stable and secure” / “stable peace,” “first level”.Translations are approximate transliterations of the Chinese characters used to “spell” the kata names. Quotation marks are used on the English side to distinguish between literal translations of the Japanese terms from their more figurative meanings (quotes indicate literal translation). For example, “nukite,” literally only means “spear hand,” which is just the name of the “weapon” you form with your hand, but it is also often used to mean the attack, “spear-hand thrust.” So “thrust” is in parentheses. Parentheses are used whenever a word might be omitted by some people, or if the translation could mean more than one thing. The hyphens don’t mean anything but serve to distinguish separate syllables when it might be ambiguous, or to separate a word into two semantic parts. So “gi” is pronounced with a hard “g” (i.e., not “ji”). An apostrophe is used where a glottal stop occurs (like between the “n” and the second “a” when pronouncing “an apple”).Ĭonsonants always take their “hard” sounds. Longer vowel sounds are the same sounds as above, but given more time.Įxcept for the above, if you see two or more vowels in a row, they are each pronounced clearly without becoming a single diphthong. ”o” as in “boat” except shorter and without the off-glide.Jump to: numbers, stances, arm attacks, leg attacks, attacking levels, blocks, kata, kumite, other words, Dojo KunĪll vowels are short and pronounced as follows:
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