A
age		to raise, upward
age tsuki		rising punch
age uke		rising block
ago		chin
ai		harmony
aiki		unified energy
aite		opponent
amado		lower neck
anatoshi		trapping
arashi		storm
aruki		walking
ashi		leg; foot
ashi waza		foot techniques
ashiguru		foot soldiers; lowest level of bushi
ashiko		foot claws (see shuko)
atama		head
ate		blow, strike
ate waza		striking technique
atemi		strike; striking the vital points
atemi waza		techniques of striking
atsu		press
awase		to meet; to come together
B
bakufu		military government of japan
barai		to sweep; sweeping motion
batto		flowing motion of sword drawing and cutting
battojutsu		sword drawing art
bisento		heavy battlefield halberd; a variety naginata
bo		six foot staff
bo shuriken		straight throwing blades (see shuriken)
bojutsu		six foot staff fighting methods
bokken		wooden practice sword
bokuto		wooden practice sword
boryaku		concepts of battle strategy
boshi ken		thumb drive fist
bu		military arts
budo		martial ways
budo taijutsu		unarmed combat methods of the Bujinkan
budoka		one who studies the martial way
bugei		martial skill
bugo		martial (warrior) name
bugu		martial training weapons
bujin		warrior spirit
Bujinden		Hatsumi Sensei's hombu dojo
Bujinkan		divine warrior training hall
bujutsu		martial arts; martial techniques
bushi		Japanese warrior
Bushido		way of the warrior; code of conduct
butoku		martial virtue or spirit
C
chi		earth
chi ryaku no maki		earth strategy scroll
chimon		earthly forces
chu		middle
chudan		middle level
chunin		middle rank ninja
D
dai		large, big, great
Daikomyosai		three day event celebrating Hatsumi Sensei's birthday
daisho		the set of katana and kodachi
daito		longer Japanese sword
dakentaijutsu		striking body methods
dan		level or degree of black belt
deai		initiatory action in combat
den		legend, tradition
densho		traditional scrolls (see also makimono)
deshi		student; disciple
do		path, road, way; motion; change
do jime		choke applied to opponent's sides
dojo		training hall, place of the way
doko		angry tiger
dome		stop; arrest
donton jutsu		earth concealment techniques
dori		seize, catch
doshin		Tokugawa period law enforcement official
E
empi		elbow
enbu		demonstration
eri		collar or lapel
F
fu		negation; wind
fudo		immobility
fudo kanashibari no jutsu		method of making an opponent hesitate
fudo ken		clenched fist
fudoshin		imperturbable or immovable spirit
fudoza		immovable seat
fukuro shinai		leather wrapped split-bamboo training sword
furi		to spin or twirl
G
gaeshi		turn over, throw; reversal
gakure		to hide, disappear
ganmen		face
ganseki		rock
ganseki nage		big rock throw
garami		to entangle, entwine; bind
gari		to reap; hook
gata		style, type, pattern; single
gatame		to tighten
gawa		side
gedan		lower level
gedan uke		downward receiving flow
genin		low rank ninja
geri		kick
geta		wooden clogs
gi		training uniform (also dogi or keikogi)
gikan		regard for justice
giri		cut, obligation or duty
go		five
go no sen		responsive initiative
godai		five greats
gogyo		five transformations
gojo gyoku		principle of five feelings and desires
gokui		hidden or secret
gokui no uta		a poem given to a deshi as a hint toward his quest for mastery
gokuraku		paradise; heaven
goroshi		to kill; destroy
goshi (or koshi)		hip; loins
goshin waza		self defense techniques
gotonpo		five element concealing and escaping methods
gunryaku heiho		military strategy
gyaku		reverse; joint manipulation
gyaku gi		joint lock techniques
gyaku jime		reverse constriction (choke)
gyaku tsuki		reverse punch
gyoku		gem, jewel; testicles
H
hachi		eight
hachimaki		headband
hajime		begin
hajutsu		escaping methods
hakama		pleated divided skirt
hamon		formal expulsion from a tradition
han		half
hanbo		three foot stick
hanbojutsu		techniques of the short staff
hane age		jump up, spring up; raising up; wing
haori		a type of jacket worn over the kimono
happo		eight ways (all directional)
happo hiken		eight way secret sword
hara		belly; center of one's body
haragei		belly art; intuitive thought
harai		to sweep; sweeping motion
harai goshi		brushing the waist; body throw
heiho		strategy; martial principles
henka		change; variation
hi		secret; to fly
hicho		flying bird
hidari		left
hiden		secret traditions
hiji		elbow
hiken juroppo		sixteen hidden weapons (fists)
hiki		to pull
hira		flat, even, level
hira shuriken		flat blades (shaken)
hiza		knee
ho		direction, way; principle; direction
hodoki		free, loosen, unbind
hoi		encircling
hojo		binding and securing
hojojutsu		binding techniques using a tying cord to restrain prisoners
hoko		encircling tiger
hokojutsu		stepping (walking) arts
hombu		main dojo
hon		main; true; regular; normal
hon jime		main constriction (choke)
hyoho		see heiho
hyoshi		rhythm
I
i		mind, heart; will, intention
iai		motion of sword drawing and cutting
iaido		sword drawing way
iaijutsu		techniques of sword-drawing
ichi		one
ichimonji		the written character one in Japanese
in		soft, negative, dark, female (yin)
inton		concealment and camouflage
iri		to enter
irimi		entering
itami		pain
J
jigoku		hell
jime		to constrict, tighten, choke
jin		man
jin ryaku no maki		man strategy scroll
jissen gata		real fighting; true fighting forms
jo		four foot walking staff; upper
jo sokutei		raised sole
jodan		upper level
jodan uke		upper receiving flow
jojutsu		techniques of the stick; stick art
jonin		leader ninja
ju		ten
jujutsu		techniques of flexibility; art of flexibility
jumonji		the written character ten in Japanese
jumonji uke		cross-arm block
junan taiso		body conditioning and flexibility
jutaijutsu		grappling methods, throws, locks, holds
jutsu		techniques; art or method
jutte		a metal truncheon
K
ka		fire
kaeshi		to turn over, throw
kaeshiwaza		reversal (escape) techniques
kage		shadow
kagi		hook
kaiden		master's certificate
kaiten		rolling; overturn
kakato		heel
kakato geri		heel kick
kaku		angle; horn
kama		sickles
kamae		attitude, posture, stance
kami		deities; demi-gods
kanji		Chinese pictographic characters used in written Japanese
kansetsu waza		joint manipulation skills
kappo		resuscitation methods
karate		empty hand; (older: Chinese hand)
kashira		cap end
kata		shoulder; arranged forms; single, one; style, type, pattern
kata dori		shoulder grab
katana		Japanese sword; long sword
katate		one-handed, single hand
katsu		resuscitation methods
kawa		side
keiko		training; practice
ken		fist; heavy straight-blade sword; weapon
kendo		way of the sword; modern Japanese fencing
kenjutsu		sword methods, swordsmanship
kenpo		fist way; sword way
keri		to kick
kesa giri		diagonal cut
ki		internal energy, spirit, mind, heart, soul, rise
kiai		spirit shout, focus life energy.
kiaijutsu		techniques of kiai
kihon		foundation, basic, fundamental
kihon happo		fundamentals eight ways
kihon waza		fundamental techniques
kikaku ken		head-strike fist
kime		restraint, focus (mental, spiritual or physical); chest muscle
kimono		traditional dress of the Japanese
kiri		to cut, mist, fog
kishomon		vow on entering a classical tradition
ko		child; hook, barb; small; tiger
ko ashi		small walking steps
kobudo		classical martial ways
kobuto wari		helmet splitter
kocho		butterfly
kodachi		short sword
koe		body weak point at hip and groin joint (femoral artery); voice; tone
kogoroshi		killing the child
kogusoku		grappling; usually in armor
kohai		junior
koho		rear, back
kokoro		spirit, heart, or mind
koku		ancient weight measurement to specify income
kokyuho		breathing method
koppojutsu		bone striking method
koroshi		to kill
koryu		classical or old tradition
kosei		offensive
koshi		hip area; loins
kote		wrist, forearm
kote gaeshi		wrist reversal; wristlock
kotsu		essence, point; bone
ku		air, sky; emptiness; void; nine
kubi		neck
kubi nage		neck throw
kudaki		crush, break, smash; shatter
kuden		oral teachings
kuji in		nine syllable seals
kukan		"space" and the timing within the space
kumi uchi		grappling position
kumite		free sparring
kumiuchi		grappling position
kunoichi		'nine plus one'; female ninja
kusarifundo		short chain with weighted ends
kusarigama		sickle and chain
kukan		"space" and the timing within the space
kuzushi		to break; breaking opponent's balance
kyo		unpreparedness; false
kyojitsu		truth and deception; feinting
kyojitsu tenkan		theory of alternating appearances of reality
kyoketsu shoge		sickle blade weapon with weighted cord
kyoman		observation and perception
kyomon		religious understandings
kyu		step, grade; rank of green belt
kyuba		archery and horsemanship
kyudo		archery; way of the bow
kyusho		vital points, pressure points, weak points
M
ma ai		distancing; correct distance
mae		front
mae geri		front kick
maki		volume, book, twirling; rolled
makimono		scroll
makiwari		striking board
manrikigusari		ten thousand power chain; weighted chain
marishiten		Buddhist warrior goddess
mata		crotch, thigh, groin
matte		stop
mawashi		to rotate
me		eye
men		head; all parts of the head, the face
men uchi		a strike to the head
menkyo		license or certificate
menkyo kaiden		license of complete transmission
metsubushi		eye blinding powder, smoke, sand, pepper, etc.
metsuke		focal point
mi		body; person
migi		right
mikkyo		esoteric Buddhism
mimi		ear
moguri		sinking (ducking)
mokuroku		catalog of techniques; transmission scroll or license
morote dori		two-hand grab (two hands on one)
mu		mist, fog
mudansha		below black belt level
muga		selflessness
mune		chest
munedori		lapel grab
munen muso		no desires, no thoughts
musan		scattering fog
musha		warrior
musha shugo		warrior quest
mushin		mind to mind; conscious but without thought
muso		without thought
muto		no sword
mutodori		unarmed against a sword
N
nagamaki		sword blade attached to a pole; (naginata) halberd variation
nagare		flowing
nagashi		receiving flow; parry; deflect
nage		to throw
nage waza		throwing techniques
naginata		long pole with curved blade; halberd
naname		diagonal
nashi		none
neko no me no jutsu		skill, or knowledge of the cats eyes (ninja code)
nekote		finger tip weapons of steel for kunoichi
ni		two
nidan geri		double kick
nin		perseverance
ningu		ninja tools
ninja juhakkei		eighteen skills of the ninja
ninja no hachimon		eight fields of knowledge
ninjato		straight-bladed sword of the ninja
nito		two swords
no		of (possessive article)
nuki ashi		sweeping step ninja use in walking
O
o		large, big, great
o dachi		great sword, four to five feet in blade length
obi		belt or sash
okuden		hidden teachings
okuri ashi		sliding footwork
omote		outside, front, apparent, concepts easily understood
oni		devil, demon, monster
onshinjutsu		art of invisibility
ori		to break, fold
osae		to press down
osoto nage		major outer throw
otoshi		to drop
otoshi uke		dropping block
oyagoroshi		killing the parent
P
po		direction, way; side
R
rai		thunder
randori		freestyle practice, (a method of sparring)
ransetsu		blizzard
rei		bow, salute
ritsu rei		standing bow
roku		six
rokushakubo		a six foot staff (also bo)
ronin		wave man; warrior unattached to a feudal lord
ryaku		abridgment; outline; strategy
ryo		both; two
ryote		two-handed
ryotedori		two-hand grab (hand to hand)
ryu		dragon; flowing; school, tradition; family; a style
ryuha		style, school of a certain art
S
sabaki		evasion, footwork
samurai (see bushi)		japanese warrior
san		three
sanjaku tenugi		three foot hand towel
sanshaku bo		three-foot stick (also hanbo)
sanshin no kata		movement form, (with much depth)
saya		japanese sword scabbard
seiken		forefist
seiza		seated posture, correct sitting
sempai		any student senior to another
sen no sen (also tai no tai)		taking the initiative
senban nage		techniques for throwing star
sennin		mystic
sensei		one who was born before; teacher or instructor
sensen no sen		pre-active, preemptive initiative
setsu		snow
shaken		throwing stars
shako ken		claw and palm strike
shi		finger
shi		four
shiai		matches or contests
shibari		to tie
shibumi		elegance
shichi		seven
shidoshi		teacher of the warrior way; godan or higher
shidoshi-ho		assistant teacher of the warrior way
shihan		honorary title of master teacher; hachidan and above
shiho nage		four-corner directional throw
shiho wari		breaking boards on four side to test power
shikan ken		extended knuckle fist
shikko		the method of walking on one's knees
shikomi zue		a walkinging stick with hidden weapon
shime		to choke, constrict, tighten
shime waza		constricting techniques, choke holds
shin		heart, mind, spirit
shinai		practice sword made of split bamboo
shinken		live blade, a real sword, also refers to real combat
shinken gata		real fighting form or feeling
shinobi		used to refer to agents of espionage
shinobi aruki		ninja walking
shinobi ho		the art of stealth
shinobi no juhappan		eighteen ninja skills
shinobi no mono		shadow warriors
shinobi shozoku		ninja costume
shinobi tanto		ninja knife
shinobi waza		the art of stealth
shinobi zue		staffs and canes of varying sizes
shinobigatana		short straight ninja sword