Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
どう
Grade: 2
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
劍道 (kyūjitai)
 剣道 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From (けん) (ken, sword) + (どう) (, way; discipline).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(けん)(どう) (kendōけんだう (kendau)?

  1. kendo

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN