kendo

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Borrowed from Japanese 剣道 (kendō, “the way of the sword”), from Middle Chinese 劍 (kjæ̀m, “sword”) + 道 (dáu, “way”). Doublet of kumdo.

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kendo — Japanese martial art
• Chinese Mandarin: 劍道 /剑道 (jiàndào) — Japanese martial art
• Danish: kendo — Japanese martial art
• Finnish: kendo — Japanese martial art
• French: kendo — Japanese martial art
• Indonesian: kendo — Japanese martial art
• Japanese: 剣道 (kendō) — Japanese martial art
• Khmer: គុនដំបង (kun dɑmbɑɑŋ) — Japanese martial art
• Korean: 검도 (geomdo) — Japanese martial art
• Malay: kendo — Japanese martial art
• Norwegian Bokmål: kendo — Japanese martial art
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kendo — Japanese martial art
• Polish: kendo — Japanese martial art
• Romanian: kendo — Japanese martial art
• Russian: кэндо́ (kɛndó) — Japanese martial art
• Tagalog: kendo — Japanese martial art
• Thai: เคนโด้ (kayndôh) — Japanese martial art
• Vietnamese: kendo — Japanese martial art