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jodo en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

A borrowing of Japanese 杖道 (jōdō, literally “way of the staff”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords.
   • Every Saturday after the karate class there was a jodo class (not judo, but jodo—the way of the short staff). 2007, Paul Walker, Lessons with the Master, page 15:

Relateds

jo

Synonyms

jojutsu

jodo en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

A borrowing of Japanese 浄土 (jōdo, literally “pure land”), q.v.

Meanings

1. (Japanese, uncountable) Synonym of pure land: the various realms of the buddhas and boddhisattvas.

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Synonyms

pure land