stylized swordplay in which bamboo swords are used: a Japanese sport
Origin of kendo
Japanese from Sino-Japanese ken, sword + d?, waykendo
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kendo
noun
The Japanese martial art of fencing with bamboo swords.
Origin of kendo
Japanese kendō ken sword ( from Middle Chinese kiam` ) ( also the source of Mandarin jiàn ) dō way ; see aikido .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From Japanese 剣道 (kendō, “the way of the sword”), from Middle Chinese 劍 (kjæ̀m, “sword”) + 道 (dáu, “way”).
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Sentence Examples
- Included games that have been announced are Frisbee, Jet Skiing, and Kendo (sword fighting).