| Japanese |
English |
| arigatou gozaimashita |
"Thank you very much" |
| hai |
"yes" (used to answer when called) |
| hajime |
"begin" |
| haya suburi |
fast suburi - one count per backward
step plus foward strike |
| hiraki ashi |
footwork used when the body is positioned
diagonally (front foot is same side as forward shoulder) |
| kamaete |
"assume the appropriate kamae" |
| kiai o dashite |
"More kiai!" |
| ki o tsuke |
"attention" |
| kiritsu |
"stand up" |
| men no uchi gokai |
"basic men strike, 5 times" |
| men no uchi sankyodo |
"basic men strike, three count movements" (1=raise shinai, 2=strike, moving forward, 3=step back) |
| men o tore |
"take off the men" |
| men o tsuke |
"put on the men" |
| mokusou |
"meditate" |
| naore |
"eyes front" (stop mokusou) |
| nuke tou |
"draw the sword(shinai) |
| onegai shimasu |
"I request the favor (of a practice)" (said when beginning keiko with a more senior kenshi) |
| osame tou |
"put away the sword(shinai)" |
| rei |
"bow" |
| sayu men |
"make a line" |
| seiretsu |
"make a line" |
| seiza |
"sit in seiza position"
(see basic vocabulary) |
| shusseki o torimasu |
"taking roll call" |
| suburi ikkyodo |
one-count suburi (alternate striking forward and backward on each count) |
| suburi nikyodo |
two-count suburi (raise the shinai on the odd count; strike on the even count, alternating the going forward and backward and each strike) |
| wakare |
"dismissed" (signalling end of practice) |
| yame |
"stop" |
| yonkyuu ika wakare |
"4th kyuu and below, dismissed" |
