kendo

(ken)

noun

stylized swordplay in which bamboo swords are used: a Japanese sport

Origin: Jpn < SinoJpn ken, sword + , way

See kendo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The Japanese martial art of fencing with bamboo swords.

Origin:

Origin: Japanese kendō

Origin: : ken, sword (from Middle Chinese kɨamh, kiam)

Origin: + , way; see aikido

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