Vocabulary
Japanese Pronunciation
Short Vowels
Long Vowels
A as in father
A = A
E as in yes
EI = e
I as in machine
ii = i
O as in solo
O = o
U as in rule
U = u
I
NUMBERS
ECHI 1 一
NI 2 二
SAN 3 三
SHI 4 四
GO 5 五
ROKU 6 六
SHICHI 7 七
HACHI 8 八
KU 9 九
JU 10 十
NI-JU 20 二十
SAN-JU 30 三十
YONJU 40 四十
GO-JU 50 五十
HYAKU 100 百
Falls UKAMAE
MAE UKEMI .FORWARD FALL
YOKO UKEMI. .SIDE FALL
USHIRO UKEMI. .BACK FALL
UE NI ATAMA URA. OVERHEAD BACK FALL UKAMEA
TORA UKEMI TIGER FALL
GYAKU TORA. .REVERSE TIGER FALL
MAE .KAITEN FORWARD ROLL
URA KAITEN BACK ROLL
General Terms (Formal)
Terms Used in Class
Thank you very much for the work out
Domo Arigato ne Undo
Please practice with me
keiko onegal shimasu
YOUR WELCOME DO I TASHI MASH TE Hand
THANK YOU ( formal )
DOMO ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA
TURN TO PARTNER HOLTAGAMI.
STANDING BOW TACHIREI
COME TO ATTENTION KITSKAY
STUDENT GAKUSEI
START, BEGIN HAJIMAE
BLACK BELT RANK YUDANSHAKAI
STOP. YAMAI
BLACK BELT HOLDER YUDANSHA
RANK.. (WHITE - PURPLE.) .MUDANSHA
AVOID OR EVASIVE ACTION SUKASHI
Muk So to emptying of the mind
Hold the long sounds at least twice as long as the short ones, and don't let the sound change from start to finish.
When two vowels occur together in a work, let the pure quality of each one be heard, one after the other.
You may hear native speakers dropping the vowels i and u ( especially the latter in the work desu as shown here:
I like sukiyaki Watashi wa s''kiyaki go s'ki des ( dropped u's )
He worked in the northern branch office. K'ta no sh'ten de hatarakimash'ta ( droped i's )
Consonants
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When the "r" appears within a word, pronounce it like the "dd" in the name Eddy
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When the r appears as the first letter, pronounce it " r "
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The f is like the "h" at the beginning of the word hoot
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g is always hard, as in girl and glass
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The h before i is pronounced like a harsh "sh" as in ship
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The "ts" is like the sound in let's
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n followed by a dot ( bon.yari ) is pronounced like the middle sound in singer
STRIKES (TE TATAKU)
RIDGE HAND HAITO
LUNCH PUNCH OI TSUKI
REVERSE PUNCH GYAKU TSUKI
RISING PUNCH AGE TSUKI
HOOK PUNCH KAGI TSUKI
FORWARD PUNCH .MAE TSUKI
HAMMER FIST TETTSUI-TSUKI
PALM HEEL TEISHO UCHI
SNAKE HEBI
ELBOW STRIKE HIJI ATE
PUNCH TSUKI
KNIFE EDGE SHUTO
BACK FIST URAKEN
STRAIGHT PUNCH CHOKU TSUKI
SPEAR PUNCH NUKITE
KNEE STRIKE HIZA GERI
KICKS (GARI)
COMBINATION RENZOKUE GARI
FRONT SNAP MAE KEAGE GARI
SIDE KICK .YOKO GARI
JUMP SIDE KICK .YOKO TOBI GERI
ROUND KICK MAWASHI GARI
CRESCENT KICK MIKAZUKI GERI
THRUST KICK KEKOMI GERI
BACK KICK. USHIRO GARI
JUMP KICK . TOBI GARI
SIDE THRUST KICK YOKO KEKOMI GERI
STOMPING KICK FUMIKOMI
BLOCKS (UKE)
INNER.......................UCHI UDE UKE
OUTWARD...............SOTO UDE UKE
OUTWARD EXTENDED
RISING BLOCK AGE UKE
R/L FORWARD
DOWN & OUT.....????......SOTO UKE
DOWN & IN......................???? UKE
CROSS.............................................JUJI
UPWARD..............................AGE UKE
HEEL PALM...................TEISHO UKE
STANCES (DACHI)
FIGHTING STANCE.................TACAWAZA
HORSE...................................KIBA DACHI
SNAKE ....................................HEBI DACHI
DUCK .....................................TORI DACHI
T-STANCE................................TEIJI DACHI
WALKING STANCE ...............TSUGI ASHI