剣道

Japanese

Kanji in this term
剣	道
けん Grade: S	どう Grade: 2
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
劍道 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 剣(けん) (ken, “sword”) + 道(どう) (dō, “way; discipline”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) けんどー [kéꜜǹdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ndo̞ː]

Noun

剣(けん)道(どう) • (kendō) ^{←けんだう (kendau)^?}

kendo

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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