Shōrinji Kempō Vocabulary
Prefixes, Suffixes, Word Components
| 日本語 |
かな |
Romanisation |
English |
Usage/Examples |
| 当て | あて | -ate, ate-, | hit | hiji-ate, ate-mi, |
| 後 | あと | ato | back | |
| 中 | ちゅう | chū - | prefix : middle, centre | chū-dan |
| 丁の字 | ちょうのじ | chō no ji | shape of the kanji 'chō' | like this:丁 ；ref. 'chōji' |
| 直 | ちょく | choku - | prefix: direct | choku-zuki |
| 大 | だい | dai - | prefix meaning big- | dai sharin (sharin= wheel) |
| 段 | ?@ | dan | step, level | chūdan, dan-zuki |
| 固め | かため | -gatame | defence, fortifying | |
| 下 | げー | ge - | prefix: down, lower | ge-dan |
| 後ー | ごー | go - | prefix: back | |
| 逆 | ぎゃく | gyaku - | prefix: opposite | gyaku-zuki |
| 半。。 | はん。。 | han - | prefix: half | han tenkan |
| 半月 | はんげつ | hangetsu | half moon | hangetsu gaeshi |
| 払い | はらい | harai - | to sweep away | hara-uke |
| 引き | ひき | hiki- | pull (in) | hiki-mi; hiku = to pull |
| 一字 | いちじ | ichiji | the figure one | looks like this: 一 |
| 十字 | じゅうじ | jūji | shape of a cross | jū = 10, ji = character/symbol |
| 順 | じゅん | jun - | prefix: ordered, aligned | jun-zuki |
| 返す | かえす | -kaeshi, kaeshi - | to return, give back | eg tsubame gaeshi, chidori gaeshi |
| 鈎 | かぎ | kagi - | locked (key) | kagi-te, kagi-ashi |
| 閂 | かんぬき | kannuki | gate bar | kannuki gatame |
| 片 | かた | kata- | one sided | kata-te, kata-mune-otoshi |
| 切 | きり | kiri - | to cut | kiri-gote |
| 木「の」葉 | このは | konoha | leaves | konoha shuhō |
| コの字 | このじ | ko ni ji | the shape of a Katakana 'ko' | looks like this:コ ; for Westerners described as 'S-shape' |
| くの字 | くのじ | ku no ji | the shape if a Hiragana 'ku' | like this: く; the standard stance with legs slightly bent |
| 首締 | くびしめ | kubi shime | neck lock | |
| 崩す | くずす | kuzusu | to pull down | noun: kuzushi |
| 前 | まえ | mae | front | mae ryusui geri |
| 巻き | まき | maki - | roll (up), wind | |
| 回し | まわし | mawashi | turning, rotating | mawashi-geri |
| 諸（双） | もろ | moro- | both, a pair | moro-te = grab with 2 hands on one |
| 投げ | なげ | nage | a throw | nageru = to tthrow |
| 波 | なみ | nami | a wave (as in ocean waves) | eg nami gaeshi |
| 抜く | ぬく | nuku | to pull out | kiri-nuki |
| 送る | おくる | okuru | to send | okuri-gote |
| 押える | おさえる | osaeru | to push | osae |
| 押し | おし | oshi | a push | oshi-uke |
| 落し | おとし | otosu | to drop | otoshi = a drop (n.) |
| 連 | れん | ren - | to follow on | ren-zuki, renhankō |
| 略 | りゃく | ryaku | abbreviated, shortened | ryaku-gote |
| 両 | りょう | ryō- | two sided | ryō-te |
| 三防 | さんぼう | sanbō | three defences | eg sanbō uke; same 'bō' as in 'bōgi' (defender) |
| 三角 | さんかく | sankaku | 3-cornered/triangle | sankaku nuki |
| 攻 | せめ | seme | attack | okuri hiji zeme |
| 下 | した | shita | down | shita-uke |
| 外 | そと | soto | outside | soto-uke |
| 立ち | たち | tachi | stance (lit: to stand) | kiba-dachi |
| 倒す | たおす | taosu | to knock, throw down | noun: taoshi |
| 転 | てん | ten - | turn | ten-shin (turn body) |
| 天秤 | てんびん | tenbin | scales, (also: carrying pole) | okuri maki tenbin |
| 衝立 | ついたて | tsuitate | a screen, partition | tsuitate shuhō |
| 内 | うち | uchi | inside | uchi-uke |
| 打ち | うち | uchi | a strike | shutō-uchi; utsu=to strike |
| 受け | うけ | uke | a block | lit: ukeru = to receive/accept |
| 後ろ | うしろ | ushiro | behind | ?@ |
| 上 | うわー | uwa | prefix: up, upwards | uwa-uke |
| 横 | よこ | yoko | side | yoko tenshin |
| 寄せる | よせる | yoseru | to collect, bring close | yose-ashi |
| 寄る | よる | yoru | to approach, come close | yori-nuki |
| 輪抜 | わぬき | wa nuki | 'wheel release' | wa= wheel |
| 座 | ざ | -za ; za - | prefix/suffix for `seated` | zazen (seated meditation), seiza (kneeling), anza (sitting comfortably:cross-legged) |
| zeme | see 'seme' above | |||
| 前 | ぜん | zen - | prefix: front | do not confuse with the "zen" as in branch of Buddhism (homonyms, but different kanji) |
| 全。。 | ぜん。。 | zen - | prefix: full | zen tenkan |
| 日本語 |
かな |
Romanisation |
English |
Usage/Examples |
| 蟹 | かに | kani | crab | kani-ashi |
| 蜘蛛 | くも | kumo | spider | kumo-ashi |
| 猫 | ねこ | neko | cat | neko-ashi |
| 燕 | つばめ | tsubame | swallow | tsubame-gaeshi |
| 千鳥 | ちどり | chidori | plover | chidori-gaeshi; chidori-ashi is a diagonal step, but here I reckon the word "chidori" was an intentional use of the bird name - see tsubame-gaeshi above. |
| 虎 | とら | tora | tiger | tora-de |
| 鶴 | つる | tsuru | crane | kakusoku ritsu/tsur ashi dachi |
| 熊 | くま | kuma | bear | kuma-de |
| 龍 | りゅう | ryū | dragon | ryū-o-ken |
| 日本語 |
かな |
Romanisation |
English |
Usage/Examples |
| Lesson Components | ||||
| 体操 | たいそう | taisō | warm-up exercises | |
| 基本 | きほん | kihon | basic | basic training |
| 法形 | ほうけい | hōkei | training in individual techniques | (method & form/shape) |
| 鎮魂 | ちんこん | chinkon | meditation | |
| 相対 | そうたい | sōtai | pairwork | |
| 単演 | たんえん | tan-en | single form practice | same 'en' as in 'embu' (or enbu) |
| 組演武 | くみえんぶ | kumi embu | pairform performance | sequence of techniques performed in pair form, eg as in gradings etc |
| 乱捕 | らんどり | randori | sparring | lit: capture/arrest the chaos; the "ran" can also be seen as referring of freedom of movement, ie outside of exact techniques such as used in kata or hōkei practice. |
| 法和 | ほうわ | hōwa | philosophy lesson | (method & talk) |