Japanese Terms - Shinjinbukan Shorin Ryu Karate of Florida

Japanese Terms
Japanese	English	Japanese	English

Sensei	Master	Senpai	Someone with more experience than you
Dojo	Classroom	Ichi	1
Shomen	Front of the Dojo	Ni	2
		San	3
Gi	Uniform	Shi (yon)	4
Obi	Belt	Go	5
Hidari	Left	Roku	6
Migi	Right	Shichi (nana)	7
Seiza	Kneeling down	Hachi	8
Mokuso	Silent thoughts (meditation)	Kyu (ku)	9
Kihon	Basic	Jyu	10

Rei	Bow, Respect, courtesy	Ago	chin
Yoi	Ready	Ashi	Leg
Hajime	Begin	Ashikubi	Ankle
Yame	Stop	Atama	Head
Mae	Front	Empi (also Hiji)	Elbow
Ushiro	Back	Goshi (or Koshi)	Hip
Jodan	Upper	Haishu	backhand
Chudan	Middle	Hara	stomach
Gedan	Lower	Hiza (also Hitsui)	Knee
Oizuki	Straight punch	Kubi	neck
Gyakuzuki	Reverse punch	Koshi	Ball of the foot
Kagizuki	Hook	Momo	Thigh
Kizamizuki	Jab	Mune	Chest
Zuzuki	Head butt	Te	Hand
Uraken	Backfist	Tekubi	Wrist
Empi (hiji)	Elbow	Ude	Forearm
Uchi	Inside	Wan	Arm
Soto	Outside	Harai (barai)	Parry

Uke	Block	Sabaki	Turning the body to avoid a strike
Shuto	Knife hand	Shomen Ni Rei	bow towards the front
Maegeri	Front kick	Sensei Ni Rei	bow towards the teacher
Yokogeri	Side kick	Otagai Ni Rei	bow towards each other
Mawashigeri	Roundhouse kick	Onegaishi Masu	Please teach me
Ushirogeri	Back kick	Domo Arigato Gozaimashita	Thank you very much for teaching me
Hizageri	Knee kick	Domo Arigato	Thank you very much