Em Ingles
abumi - a stirrup
age - from ageru, to raise, elevate
ai - harmony
aisha - manipulating soft hearted people
amado - lower neck
ametori no jutsu - a trick using a raincoat in the pretence that someone wears it
amigasa - wicker straw hats for hiding the face and hiding messages
anatoshi - trapping
ankokutoshijutsu - techniques for seeing in the dark
arashi - storm
ashi - collective term for all parts of the leg and foot
ashiko - foot claws to accompany the shuko
ate - blow, strike
atemi - strike
atemi - a strike to the opponent to setup a technique
atsu - press
atto - press down
awase - from awaseru, to meet together
B
bajutsu - horsemanship
bakemonojutsu - ghost arts
bakuhatsugama - kusarigama with container for explosives
bansenshukai - 17th century book of the history & techniques of the iga and koga
ninja
barai - from harau, to sweep
battojutsu - the art of drawing and cutting with the sword in a continuous motion
while moving to avoid an
incoming attack
bisento - battlefield sized halberd; a large and heavy type of 'naginata'
bo jutsu - art of fighting with a six foot staff
bo shuriken - straight throwing blades
bo - six foot staff, stick
bokken - wooden practice sword
boku - tree
bokuto - wooden practice sword
boryaku - concepts of battle strategy
boshi ken - thumb drive fist
bu - martial arts
budo - martial way
budo - a system of "ways" derivative of the martial arts
budoka - one who studies the martial arts
bugei - martial skill
bugu - martial training weapons
bujin - warrior spirit
bujinkan - 'Warrior God / Spirit Training Hall'
bujutsu - warrior arts
bushido - 'way of the warrior' feudal code of conduct
C
chakuzen no jutsu - hiding in a ceiling or attic
chi - earth
chikairi no jutsu - infiltration of enemy lines during a battle
chikyu no jutsu - infiltration of enemy lines during battle
chimon - earthly forces
chiton jutsu - use of fire, wood, earth, & metal to help aid escape
chitsumishi - enemy citizen collaborating with a ninja
choho - ninja method for reporting secret investigations
chu - middle
chudan - middle level
chuden - middle level of teachings
chunin - middle rank of a ninja
D
dai - large, big, great
daisharin - wheel and axel assembly
daisho - 'long & short' both Daito and Shoto set of swords
dakentaijutsu - striking body methods, punching, kicking methods of taijutsu
dan - degree of black belt, lit. 'level'
dan - grade, class, rank, level
deai - initiatory action in combat
den - legend, tradition
densho - traditional scrolls
densho - scrolls and manuscripts, see also makimono
deshi - student do motion; change
do - torso, collective term for all the parts of the trunk of the body; also means
'way'
do - path, road, way
do - the trunk of the body
dojo - training hall, place to learn the way of the martial arts
doka - pocket warmer
doko - angry tiger
dokubari - poison needles in plant fibre (caltrops)
dokuenjutsu - poison smoke
dome - from tomeru, to stop
don ton jutsu - earth concealment techniques
donohi - medicinal substance
dori - from toru, to seize, catch
E
endokuken - poison smoke fitted to shuriken
ennyu no jutsu - a trick using a feint to get into an enemy camp
F
fu - negation
fu - wind
fudo - immobility
fudo kanashibari no jutsu - a method that paralyses a victim with a spell
fudo ken - clenched fist
fudoshin - 'immovable spirit'
fudoza - immovable seat
fukiya - blow pipes and blow guns
fukume - veiling (covers found on the end of shinobizue)
fukumibari - small pins blown at the eyes from the mouth
fukuro gaeshi zen jutsu - a chikairi no jutsu tactic
fukurogaeshi no jutsu - a toiro tactic
fukuro shinai - leather wrapped split bamboo training sword
furi - to swing
futoroteppo - bronze pistols
G
gaeshi - from kaesu, to turn over, throw
gakure - from kakureru, to hide, disappear
gando - portable torches used for lighting
ganmen - face, collective term for all facial parts
ganseki - a rock
garami - from karamu, to entangle, entwine
gari - from karu, to reap
gata - one
gata - style, type, pattern
gatame - from katameru, to tighten
gawa - side
ge - low
gedan - lower level
geinyu no jutsu - a chikairi tactic
genin - ninja agent of low rank
genjutsu - arts of illusion
genmai - juice made from unpolished rice
geri - from keru, to kick
geta - wooden clogs
gi - training uniform
gikan - regard for justice
giri - cut, obligation or duty
gishogiin no jutsu - art of forgery
go - five
goe - voice; tone
gogyo - five element transformations
gojo gyoku - principle of five feelings and desires
gokuraku - paradise; heaven
goroshi - from korosu, to kill
gotonpo - five element concealing and escaping methods
gyaku - reverse
gyoku - gem, jewel; testicles
gyokuro - poison made with tea and mixed with soup
H
hachi - eight
hachimon tonko jujutsu - eight methods of incantation
hakama - men's formal divided skirt, women's pleated skirt
han - half
hanateppo - iron bullets fired from a bamboo shaft hiden in flower bundle
hanbo - 3 foot staff
hane age - jump up, spring up
hane - from haneru, to leap, spring up
hane - wing
haori - a type of jacket worn over the kimono
happo biken - eight ways, secret sword
happo shuriken - eight pointed throwing blades
hara - 'belly'; center of one's body
haragei - 'belly art'; intuitive thought
harai - from harau, to sweep
hasami bune - collapsible floats
hashigoyari - ladder spear with peg holes, also used for measuring
hajutsu - the art of escaping by crushing or destroying
heiho - strategy
hengenkashi no jutsu - study and knowledge of the disguises he uses
henka - variation
hi - secret
hi - to fly
hicho - flying bird
hidari - left
hiden - secret teachings
hiji - elbow
hiki - from hiku, to pull
hiken juroppo - 'sixteen hidden fists'
hira shuriken - flat blades (shaken)
hira - flat, even, level
hira ichimonji no kamae - flat figure one posture
hishi - dried waterchestnuts (caltrops)
hito no jutsu - the skill of the human ????
ho - direction, way; side
ho - principle; direction
hodoki - get loose, get untied
hoi - encircling
hoka no jutsu - setting fires to spread confusion
hoko - encircling tiger
hokojutsu - special-walking arts
hollowed out staffs and canes to conceal blades, chaines, messages, etc
hon - main; true; regular; normal
hotarubi no jutsu - toiro tactic
hyakuraiju - several guns in a circle inside a large barrel
hyo - puma
hyoshi - rhythm
I
i - mind, heart; will, intention
iaijutsu - the art of drawing and cutting with sword in a continuous motion
iburi dashi - smoking out
ichi - one
ichimonji - the character for one in japanese
idagama - spiked stell or iron spheres (caltrops)
in - soft, negative, dark, female (yin)
inpo - the art of hiding
inton - concealment and camouflage
ippon sugi nobori - special method for cedar tree climbing
iri - from hairu, to enter
ishisao - stone rod (white stone simular to chalk) used for signaling
itaken - broad blades (shaken)
itami - pain
itto - sword
J
jigoku - hell
jime - from shimeru, to tighten, choke
jin - man
jirai - land mines
jissensekko gijutsu - techniques for scouting in actual battle
jo - 4 foot staff, a stick usually measuring fortyeight to fifty inches in length
jo - top
jodan - upper level
joei no jutsu - to move without making a noise or shadows
jonin - ninja leaders
jo wan - upper arm
ju - ten
juji no ho - method of ten syllables
jumonji - the character for ten in japanese
jutaijutsu - grappling methods, throws, locks, holds, methods of taijutsu
jutsu - techniques; art or method
jutte - a metal anti-sword truncheon
K
ka - fire
kaeshi - from kaesu, to turn over, throw
kage - shadow
kagi - hook
kaginawa - grappling hook with one to four hooks
kai ki - methods of gaining access
kaiden - master's certificate
kaiten - rolling
kaku - angle; horn
kama ikada - water crossing device or rafts
kama - sycles
kamae - posture, stance, attitude momentary body posture, physical representation
of an inner feeling
kamayari - spear with downward hooks attached
kamigakure no jutsu - gaining access to a castle by befriending an enemy
kanshi - dojo coordinator or supervisor; senior kyu grade student
kappi - lively jump
karamu - to entangle, entwine
karsura otoko no jutsu - a toiro tactic within enemy territory
kasha - ariel runway
kashira - head
kasugai - iron clamps for holding doors closed
kata - one
kata - style, type, pattern, form or prearranged motions, used as a beginning point
from where countless
variations emerge
katagatae no jutsu - a chikairi tactic for spreading fires
katame - from katameru, to tighten
katana - a long sword
katate - one-handed, single hand
katonjutsu - the use of fire for escapes
kawa - side
kayaka no jutsu - use of fire and explosives
kayakujutsu ...
ken - fist or blade
kenjutsu - swordsmanship, art of the sword
keppan - blood oath
keri - from keru, to kick
ki - rise
ki - internal energy, spirit, mind, heart, soul
kiai - 'spirit shout', focus life energy. The sound that the body emits naturally
when the mind, spirit,
and techniques merge as one. A shout or yell to disrupt the opponent
kiaijutsu - power of the voice
kihon - basic, fundamental, foundation of all that is to become
kihon happo - 'Eight Ways of the Fundamentals'
kikaku ken - head butt
kime - restraint, focus - mental, spiritual or physical
kimon - demon gate (chest muscle)
kimono - traditional dress of the japanese
kinton jutsu - use of metal for escape
kiri - from kiru, to cut
kiri - mist, fog
kiri - single boring spikes
kisha - taking advice of an enemy's sensual appetite to bribe him
kitsune gakure no jutsu - imitating a fox to hide under water
ko ashi - small steps for walking through foliage and water
ko - child
ko - hook, barb
ko - small
ko - tiger
kobudo - old martial ways
kocho - butterfly
koe - voice; tone
kogoroshi - killing the child (son)
koho - rear, back
kokoro - heart or mental attitude
kokyu ho - breathing method
konpi - surrounding jump
koppojutsu - bone-breaking techniques of taijutsu
koroshi - from korosu, to kill
koryu - old traditions
kosei - offensive
koshi - hip, loin
kosshijutsu - finger weak-point attacks, organ and muscle strikes of taijutsu
koshizashi - hip held gun
kote - wrist, forearm
kotodama - the ancient shinto science of sacred sound and speech
kotsu - bone
kozutsu - wooden guns which fire metal balls
ku - air, sky; emptiness; void
ku - nine
kubi - neck
kuda bashigo - tube ladder
kudaki - from kudakeru, to break, smash, shatter, crack or crush
kuji goshinho - nine syllables method of protection
kuji in - nine syllable seals
kuji kiri - nine syllable slashes
kuji no ho - method of nine syllables
kuji - nine syllables
kujiki - from kujiku, to wrench, sprain
kuki - air
kumo bashigo - cloud ladder
kumo - cloud
kunai giri - digging and leverage tools
kunashi - spade like digging device
kunoichi - 'nine plus one'; female ninja
kusari dogu - chain weapons
kusari fundo - 3 foot weighted chain
kusarigama - sickle and chain
kuzushi - from kuzusu, to break (the balance of an opponent), taking the opponent's
'kamae' away
kyo - unpreparedness; false
kyojitsu - falsehood and truth
kyojutsu tenkan - theory of alternating appearences of reality
kyoketsu shoge - knife and sickle dagger attached to an 18-foot rope with a weighted
ring on the end
kyoman - observation and perception
kyomon - religious teachings
kyonin no jutsu - taking advantage of fears and superstitions
kyu - 'step', 'grade'; rank under black belt, usually the grade of green belt
kyuba - archery and horsemanship
kyudo - archery
kyusho - vital / weak points, pressure points, of the body
M
ma ai - the combative distance between the two opponents, correct distance
mae - front
maki - volume, book
makimono - scrolls and antique documents
mamukigama - cord and chain
mata - crotch, thigh, groin
mawashi - from mawasu, to rotate
me - eye
men - head; collective term for all parts of the head, the face
men uchi - a strike to the head
menkyo - license or certificate, teacher's certificate
metsubushi - smoke, sand, pepper, blinding powder or substance; an action that removes
sight
metsuke - focal point
mi - body; person
migi - right
mikkyo - esoteric buddhism
mikkyo - secret doctrines
mimi - ear
minomushi no jutsu - toiro tactic
mizu gumo - water crossing devices
moguri - sinking
mokuton jutsu - escape and concealment with trees
mu - mist, fog
mudra ...
mune - chest
musan - scattering fog
musha - warrior
mushin - mind to mind; conscious but without thought
muso - without thought
musubi bashigo - loop ladder single cable climbing device
muto - no sword
muto dori - unarmed against a sword
N
nagamaki - sword blade attached to a pole to create a variation of naginata
nagare - to flow
nagashi - flow
nage - from nageru, to throw
nagedeppo - grenades
naginata - halberd; a 6 or 7 foot staff with a mounted curved blade at one end
naname - diagonal
nashi - none
neko no me no jutsu - skill, or knowledge of the cats eyes (a code used by ninja)
neko te - finger tip weapons of steel for kunoichi
ni - two
nin - 'perseverance'
nin gu - ninja tools
ninja juhakkei - 18 fundamental skills of the ninja
ninja no hachimon - eight fields of knowledge
ninjato - short curved sword of the ninja
ninjutsu daihi seishintoitso shuyoikkan - sacred methods of ninjutsu to gain an overpowering
will
ninpo mikkyo - secret knowledge
no - possessive particle, of
nuki ashi - sweeping step ninja use in walking
O
o - large, big, great
o soto gari - major outer reaping throw
obi - belt, its uses were holding swords, knives, and fans worn tucked into the folds
of the belt
o dachi - great sword, usually 4-6 feet in blade length
oh gama - battlefield version of kusarigama
ohzutsu - mortars
okuden - hidden teachings
omote - outside, front, apparent, the things that can be easily seen and understood
oni - devil, demon, monster
onibi no jutsu - art of the demon fire
ono - battle axe
onshinjutsu - art of invisibility
ori - from oru, to break, fold
osae - from osaeru, to press down
otoshi - from otosu, to drop
oyagoroshi - killing the parent (father)
P
po - direction, way; side
R
rai - thunder
randori - freestyle practice
ransetsu - blizzard
rappa - battle disrupters (see also suppa)
rei - bow, salute
rekigaku - study of astrological influences
rokkai - bodily tools used by ninja in the practise of ninjutsu
roku - six
rokushaku bo - six-foot staff, also called 'Bo'
ryaku - abridgment; outline
ryo - both; two
ryote - two-handed
ryu - dragon
ryu - flowing
ryu - school, tradition, family
ryu ha - style, school of a certain art
ryusei - hand grenades
ryusuiki - sacrifice techniques
S
sabaki - evasion, footwork
saiminjutsu - ninja hypnotism
san - three
sanjaku tenugi - the three shaku hand towel used for covering the face
sanminjutsu - the three steps
sanshaku bo - three-foot stick, also know as 'Hanbo'
seiza - seated posture, correct sitting
sempai - any student senior to another
senban nage - techniques for throwing disc's etc
sennin - mystic
sensei - a teacher, one who comes before you
setsu - snow
shaken - throwing stars
shaki no jutsu - flag discarding (to win the battle)
shako ken - claw and palm strike
shi - finger
shi - four
shiai - 'matches' or contests, personal tests
shibari - from shibaru, to tie
shibumi - elegance
shichi - seven
shidoshi - 'teacher of the warrior way'; godan or higher
shidoshi-ho - 'junior teacher of the warrior way'; shodan to yondan
shihan - 'master teacher'; hachidan and above
shikanken - extended knuckle fist
shikko - the method of walking on one's knees
shikomi zue - a sword cane
shikoro - thin bladed tools and saws
shime - from shimeru, to tighten, choke
shin - heart, mind, spirit
shinai - practice sword made of split bamboo
shinken - 'live blade', a real sword, also refers to real combat
shinobi aruki - ninja walking
shinobi ho - the art of stealth
shinobi kai - collapsible oar
shinobi no juhappan - eighteen warrior skills
shinobi no mono - shadow warriors
shinobi shozoku - ninja costume
shinobi tanto - ninja knife
shinobi waza - the art of stealth
shinobi zue - staffs and canes of varying sizes
shinobi - another name for the ninja
shinobigatana - short curved sword of the ninja
shinodake - thin bamboo under water breathing tube
shinto hiho - secret teachings of shinto
shinto - concussion, shock, impact
shishin ken - finger needle strike
shitan ken - thumb pressure strike
shitojutsu - taijutsu, which attacks the nerve centers of the body, using the tips
of the fingers
shizen ken - the body as a natural weapon
shizen - natural
shoden - basic level
shomen - the front
shoten no jutsu - climbing to the heavons (vertical, tree climbing)
shoto - short sword
shu - hand; arm
shugyo - austere training
shuko - hand claws indigenous to the Togakure Ryu (also called 'Tekagi')
shuriken - throwing blades, stars, discs
shuto ken - open sword hand
sodezutsu - hand held cannon
sojutsu - the art of fighting with a spear
soke - 'head of the family', chosen grandmaster or head of a 'ryu'.
sokuho kaiten - sideways roll
sokuho tobi - sideways leap
sokuyaku - foot strike
sokugyaku - ball of foot kick
sokushi ken - toe kick
soto - outer
sui - water
suihei - horizontal
suiren - water training
suitonjutsu - water escape arts
suki - a momentary opening in guard
suppa - battle disrupters
sutemi - sacrifice techniques, giving up your balance to control your opponents,
self abandonment
suzuzue - priests ring topped walking staff
T
tabi - traditional footwear of the japanese
tachi - long sword, a longer version of the katana. Worn hanging from the belt edge
down
tai - large, big, great
tai - the body
taihenjutsu - body adaptation arts; rolling, leaping, silent movement, tumbling
taijutsu - 'body art', the unarmed combat methods
taijutsu sosoku - body technique of walking like the wind
tai sabaki - body movement, body evasion, which should be freeflowing, natural, and
prudent
taisuru - face, confront, be opposite
taka bashigo - high ladders used for open spaces
takagi - tall tree, large tree
take - bamboo
taki - waterfall
tanden - the abdomen
tanegashima - matchlock rifles
tanto - knife
taomijutsu - fishing nets
taoshi - from taosu, to throw down
taru ikada - flotation pots for crossing shallow water and marshes
tatami - a mat made of ricestraw
te - hand; arm
tekagi - see shuko
ten - from tenjiro, to revolve, rotate
ten - heaven, sky; top
tessen jutsu - iron ribbed fan techniques
tessen - war fan
tetsu - iron
tetsubushi - caltrops
to - and
to - door
to - drop, fell
to - head
to - sword
tobi - leaping and jumping skills
tobi bashigo - leaping ladder
tobi keri - leaping with a kick
tobi kunai - tools used for gaining access
toki - foot
tomeru - to stop
tomoe nage - throwing in a big circle
tomoe - huge comma, comma patterned tile
tori - from toru, to seize, catch
tori - the defender, person who applies the technique to learn
totoku hiyashi - avoiding shuriken blades
tsubo giri - boring tools
tsubute - club throwing missiles
tsugi bune - collapsible boat carried by members of a team
tsuke - from tsukeru, to attach, fix
tsuki - from tsuku, to thrust, a punch
tsure - from tsureru, to take someone along with oneself
tsuri bashigo - hanging ladders with hooks at intervals
U
uchi - from utsu, to attack, defeat, destroy, conquer, strike
uchi - inside
uchi gake - throwing down by leg work
uchi mata - inner thigh
uchidake - fuses for fire and explosives
ude - arm
uke - from ukeru, to receive, also block, the attacker, person who receives the technique
ukemi - to receive, also refers to breakfalls, the act of taking a controlled fall
when thrown
uke nagashi - receiving the attack (counter strike); receiving flow or flowing block
umebi - land mines
ura - inside, back, hidden; the ideas or methods that are not obvious
ushiro - rear, back
W
wakizashi - short sword
wakizashi teppo - pistol disguised as a wakizashi
waza - art, craft; ability, skill, technique
Y
ya - arrow
yagen - poisons and curatives
yajiri - heavy bladed saws
yari - spear
yamabushi - mountain warriors priests
yamikeigo - ninja practice in the dark
yari - spear
yo - hard, positive, light, male (yang)
yojutsu - supernatural tricks
yoko aruki - sideways walking
yoko - sideways
yokomen - the side of the head
yonshaku bo - four-foot stick, also know as 'Jo'
yoroi - a suit of armor
yoshin - raising spirit, raising heart
yugake - an archer's glove
yugei no jutsu - one on one confrontation
yuki waragi - snow sandles
yume no makura - dreams
yumi - an archery bow
Z
zanshin - 'remaining spirit' the "follow through" of a technique; one is connected
to one's partner
even after the throw in an unbroken flow of ki, simultaneously ready to receive
any new attack
zantotsu sabaki - 'finding the correct angle/distance/free space'
zen wan - forearm
zen - front
zenpo kaiten - forward roll
zenpo - forward, front direction
zeoi - from seou, to carry on one's back
