Chinese

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direction; way; method
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
 
courtyard; open space; place
courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
 
trad. (道場)
simp. (道场)
 
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Etymology

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Calque of Sanskrit बोधिमण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, seat of wisdom)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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道場

  1. (religion) site where Buddhist or Taoist rites are conducted
  2. (religion) such rites

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2
じょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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/daudiau//dɔːd͡ʑɔː//doːʑoː/

From Middle Chinese 道場 (MC dawX drjang, literally “way + place”), itself originally a translation of Sanskrit बोधिमण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, seat of wisdom).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ーじょー [dóꜜòjòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][5]
  • (Tokyo) ーじょー [dòójóó] (Heiban – [0])[5]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːʑo̞ː]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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(どう)(じょう) (dōjōだうぢやう (daudyau)?

  1. (martial arts) dojo, training hall (place where martial arts are practiced)
  2. (Buddhism) Short for 菩提道場 (bodai-dōjō):
    1. place where a buddha has achieved enlightenment
    2. a building or facility for ascetic training
    3. (by extension) a Buddhist temple

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: dojo
  • French: dojo
  • Polish: dojo

References

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  1. ^ 道場”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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道場 (dojang) (hangeul 도장)

  1. Hanja form? of 도장 (dojang).

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

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道場

  1. chữ Hán form of đạo trường (dojo).