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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 2
りん
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
けん
Grade: S
ほう > ぽう
Grade: 4
on'yomi goon kan'on

Etymology

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Compound of 少林寺(しょうりんじ) (Shōrinji, Shaolin Monastery) + 拳法(けんぽう) (kenpō, martial art).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) しょーりんじけんぽー [shòóríńjí kéꜜǹpòò] (Nakadaka – [6])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːɾʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑi kẽ̞mpo̞ː]

Noun

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(しょう)(りん)()(けん)(ぽう) (Shōrinji kenpōせうりんじけんぱふ (Seurinzi kenpafu)?

  1. shorinji kempo

Descendants

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  • English: shorinji kempo

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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