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道場
doujou
Description
道場は、柔道や剣道、空手などの武道を練習する場所です。
A 道場 is a place where you practice martial arts like judo, kendo, and karate.
広くて静かな部屋で、みんなが真剣に練習します。
It is a spacious, quiet room where everyone practices seriously.
Meanings
道場doujou
training hall for martial arts
毎週、剣道の道場に通っています。
I go to the kendo dojo every week.
道場doujou
place for spiritual or Buddhist practice
お寺の道場で座禅をしました。
I did zazen meditation at the temple's dojo.
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Notes
- Etymology
道 (way/path) + 場 (place); originally a Buddhist term for a place of enlightenment.
- Nuance
Widely borrowed into English as 'dojo' for martial-arts practice spaces.
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