"kendo" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kendo.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛndəʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 剣道 (kendō, “the way of the sword”), from Middle Chinese 劍 (kjæ̀m, “sword”) + 道 (dáu, “way”). Doublet of kumdo. Etymology templates: {{l|en|way}} way, {{l|en|sword}} sword, {{bor|en|ja|剣道||the way of the sword|tr=kendō}} Japanese 剣道 (kendō, “the way of the sword”), {{der|en|ltc|劍||sword|tr=kjæ̀m}} Middle Chinese 劍 (kjæ̀m, “sword”), {{m|ltc|道||way|tr=dáu}} 道 (dáu, “way”), {{doublet|en|kumdo}} Doublet of kumdo Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kendo (uncountable)
  1. A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo. Wikipedia link: kendo Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Kendo Translations (Japanese martial art): kendo (Afrikaans), 劍道 (Chinese Mandarin), 剑道 (jiàndào) (Chinese Mandarin), kendo (Danish), kendo (Finnish), kendo (French), kendo (Indonesian), 剣道 (kendō) (alt: けんどう) (Japanese), គុនដំបង (kun dɑmbɑɑŋ) (Khmer), 검도 (geomdo) (alt: 劍道) (Korean), kendo (Malay), kendo [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kendo [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kendo (Romanian), кэндо́ (kɛndó) [neuter] (Russian), kendo (Tagalog), เคนโด้ (kayndôh) (Thai), kendo (Vietnamese)

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