karate
An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally,…An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
» I belong to the karate club.
Ich bin im Karateverein. — al_ex_an_der
Я член каратэ-клуба. — sharptoothed
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1 senses(uncountable)An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
Karate
карате́karatɛ́, каратэ́karatɛ́
карате́karaté
- a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent
Examples
68 sentencesI belong to the karate club.
ruЯ член каратэ-клуба. — sharptoothed
deIch bin im Karateverein. — al_ex_an_der
Tom advised Mary to learn karate.
ruТом посоветовал Мэри научиться каратэ. — Ooneykcall
I advised Tom to learn karate.
I told Tom to learn karate.
I'm going to teach you some karate.
ruЯ собираюсь дать тебе немного уроков карате. — odexed
deIch werde dir ein wenig Karate beibringen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate), an orthographic borrowBorrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate), an orthographic borrowing from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī, “Chinese hand”).
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