Pronouce	Literal	Common use	Kanji
shear roe	white	white	白
cho cho	butterfly	butterfly	蝶々
doe joe	Way Place	Karate school	道場
gee	uniform	uniform	着
hi	yes	yes	はい
heb bee	snake	snake	蛇
ka may e tay	posture	low block ready	構え手
ka raw tay	empty hand	japanese self-defense	空手
key eye	spirit shout	yell	気合
oh bee	sash	belt	帯
oh na ka	stomach	stomach	お腹
oh tay rye	restroom	restroom	御手洗い
ray	respect	bow	礼
sen say	one born before	teacher	先生
she zoo ka	quiet	quiet	静か
tay	hand	hand	手
toe moe da chi	friend	friend	友達
tor rah	tiger	tiger	虎
key ear row	yellow	yellow	黄色
awe she	foot/leg	foot/legs	足
doe moe	thanks	thanks	どうも
hey on	peace	peace	平安
kah-tah	form	imaginary fight	型
key bah dach	horse stance	knees bent stance	騎馬立
koe she	hips	hips	腰
ku bee	neck	neck	首
me zoo	water	water	水
shear ree	rear portion	butt	尻
show dawn	beginning level	1st kata or Heain 1	初段
gya-koo zoo-key	reverse thrust	reverse punch	逆突
yah may	quit	stop	辞めます
hah-jee-may	beginning	start	はじめ
yoh-koh	side	sideways	横
my-eh	front	front	前
you ka	floor	floor	床
ten joe	sky, heaven	ceiling	天井
or ren gee	orange	orange	オレンジ
ah-tah-mah	head	head	頭
foo na koo she	Funakoshi	Founder of shotokan (1868-1957)	船越 義珍
hee-dah-ree	left	left	左
hee key tay	pull hand	reaction arm	引手
hee za	knee	knee	膝
tore rah no may	tiger’s eye	eye of the tiger	虎の目
kuw me tay	grappling hands	sparring	組手
mee gee	right	right	右
shoe-tow	knife hand	open hand block	手刀
ta tom mee	fold, pile	mat	畳
tet tue eee	iron hammer	hammer fist	鉄槌
toe bee	flying	jump	飛
key-hon	fundamentals	basics	基本
Tot tsue	dragon	dragon	竜
ken	fist	fist	拳
sen pie	earlier colleague	senior student	先輩
ku da sigh	please	please	ください
owl	blue	blue	青
dah-chee	stand	stance	立ち
geh-ree	kick	kick	蹴
koh-Q	breathing	breathing	呼吸
coe knee chi wa	hello	hello (mid-day)	こんにちわ
oo-ra-ken	backside fist	back fist	裏拳
oy-zoo-key	chase, follow	stepping punch	追突
sign ya nara	goodbye	good bye	さよなら
she-hawn	expert/master	master (teacher of teachers)	師範
say-zah	kneel	Samurai position	正座
show toe con	house of shoto (whistling pines)	name Funakoshi’s style	松涛館
eww-kay	receive	block	受
yoi and double yoi	preperation	get ready	用意
new-key-tay	penetration hand	spear	貫手
yoh-ko gary	side kick	side kick	横 蹴
my-ehh gary	front kick	front kick	前蹴
itchy bon	#1	first place	一番
tot tay	stand up	r	立て
me door re	green	green	緑
ah-gay oo-kay	rising block	rising block	上げ受け
air re got toe go zie maus	thank thank you	thank you very much	ありがと ございます
jew itch – knee jew	#11-#20	counting 11-20	十 一 and 二十
doe	path	the way	道
har rah	belly	energy field in abdomen	腹
koe-koo-tsu dah-chee	back bend stance	back stance	後屈立
N key	round shape	cartwheel	円形
mah-wah-she  gary	turn kick	roundhouse kick	回し蹴り
mah-wah-tay	spin or around	turn	回まわって
moh-koo-soh	silent thinking	focus / clear mind	黙想
moo-sue-be dah-chee	knot	v-bow	結び立
naw gay	cast or throw	throw	投
oh ta guy	mutual	face each other show respect	お互い
show men	front of the head	front of the room	正面
eww-chee	hit	strike	打
zen-koo-tsue	Front bend Stance	front stance	前足
shih-zen-tie	natural stance	focus/ready position	自然
mur ra sa key	purple	purple	紫
boo	war/military	martial	武
boo she doe	warrior way (samurai)	way of the warrior	武士道
joe dawn	upper level/degree/stage	high level	上段
chew dawn	middle	middle level	中段
gay dawn	lower column	lower level	下段
ahh she ba righ	tripping	sweep	足払
go no sen	after the prior	block and counter	後の先
sen no sne	prior to prior	timing (be faster)	先 の 先
sen sen no sen	prior to prior to prior	take initiative	先 先 の 先
kay ah-gay	rising	snap [kick]	蹴上
kay-ko-mee	riser	thrust [kick]	蹴込
rue Q	chain of Okinawan islands	where karate grew up	琉球諸島
tay goo me	hands crossing/engaged	wrestling/grappling	手組
ewe-she-row	back kick	back kick	後蹴
zawn shin	remaining mind	total awareness	残心
moo shin	no mind	no fear	無心
em boo sen	Military performance line	invisible line (spot kata begins)	演武線
cha ear row	brown	brown	茶色
boo doe	Martial way	martial way	武道
boo gay	Martial performance	martial arts	武芸
boo jit sue	Martial technique/method	martial science	武術
eek en he sause tsue	one fist certain death	kill with one blow	一拳必殺
ee toe sue	Funakoshi’s teacher	Shuri-te master	糸洲 安恒
con G	Han	logographic characters	漢字
key may	decision or commitment	focus/tense at right moment of move	決め
ku zoo she	destroy or demolish	unbalance	崩し
oh yo	apply (extracted kata techiques)	application of bunkai	応用
pee non	peaceful	Okinawan peace or safe	平安
toe-kuWEE	pride or triumph (your best)	free kata	得意
tie sa ba key	body movment	defensive movement	体捌き
tama shee	soul	indomitable spirit	魂
waa zaa	skill	technique	技
Boon-kai	analysis/disassembly	break it down	分解
dawn	level	degree	段
Q	step	grade or level	級
hawn-say	self-reflection	recognize mistake, grow from it	反省
my-eh	interval	distance	間合い
go-shin	protect/guard (go) yourself (shin)	self-defense	護身
you-don-sha	have, possess rank person	blackbelt	有段者
toe-day or toe-tay	China Hand	Chinese + Okinawan martial arts	唐手
Oss	o (push) su (persevere)	catch-all: thanks, I understand, good luck	押忍
nie-hawn-she	internal divided conflict	Okinawan name for Tekki	鉄騎
kay-koe	practice/training/study	practice/training	稽古
doe-zoe	here you go or go ahead	polite	どぞ
die-show	Greater/Large (major) Lessor/small (minor)	Suffix: Kata (A) and kata (B)	大 and 小
hawn-she	Master	Okinawan name for master	範師
shore-in	small forrest	circular, fast okinawan karate	少林
shore-ray	style of inspiration (Shoreiji Temple)	strong and powerful okinawan karate	昭霊
tot-tsue-ma-key	rolling/whirling dragon	tornado	竜巻
shue-har-rhee	obidence-divergance-tanscendence	stages of mastery	守破離
Ray-gee	Etiquette	Manners	礼儀
shoe-gee-yo	way of mastery	intensity	修行 or 修業
heart, mind, soul	metatphysical heart	心	無 Mu 心 Shin, 残 Zan 心 Shin, 誠 Sei 心 (true heart)
dar	Bodhidharma (Indian Monk)	Buddhist Monk who spread Zen