jodo
A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swordsA Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords.
» Jodo is a Japanese martial art using short staffs called "Jou" and wooden sword.
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2 senses(uncountable)A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords.
(Japanese, uncountable)Synonym of pure land: the various realms of the buddhas and boddhisattvas.
Examples
1 sentencesJodo is a Japanese martial art using short staffs called "Jou" and wooden sword.
Origin
A borrowing of Japanese 杖道 (jōdō, literally “way of the staff”). A borrowing of JapaneseA borrowing of Japanese 杖道 (jōdō, literally “way of the staff”).
A borrowing of Japanese 浄土 (jōdo, literally “pure land”), q.v.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedjo
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable