剣術

See also: 劍術

Japanese
Kanji in this term
剣 術
けん
Grade: S		 じゅつ
Grade: 5
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
劍術 (kyūjitai)
剣術 (kenjutsu): a demonstration of kenjutsu, or traditional Japanese swordsmanship.

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese based on Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 剣 (ken, “sword”) +‎ 術 (jutsu, “technique”). First cited to a text from 1577.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) けんじゅつ [kèńjútsú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

剣(けん)術(じゅつ) • (kenjutsu) ←けんじゆつ (kenzyutu)?

  1. [from 1577] swordsmanship
    • 2010 October 1, “講武所剣術師範役 (Kōbusho Kenjutsu Shihan Yaku, “Office of Military School Kenjutsu Teachers”)”, in お江戸の役人 面白なんでも事典 (O-Edo no Yakunin: Omoshiro Nandemo Jiten, “Edo Government Officials: Everything Interesting Dictionary”), PHP研究所 (PHP Kenkyūsho, “PHP Institute, Inc.”), page 94:
      外(がい)敵(てき)に備(そな)えて軍(ぐん)事(じ)力(りょく)の強(きょう)化(か)講(こう)武(ぶ)所(しょ)には剣(けん)術(じゅつ)、槍(そう)術(じゅつ)、砲(ほう)術(じゅつ)、弓(きゅう)術(じゅつ)の四(し)科(か)があり、...
      Gaiteki ni sonaete gunjiryoku no kyōka kōbusho ni wa kenjutsu, sōjutsu, hōjutsu, kyūjutsu no shika ga ari,
      In the military schools for bolstering military power against external enemies, there were the four main subjects of swordsmanship, spearmanship, gunnery, and bowmanship...

Derived terms
  • 剣(けん)術(じゅつ)者(しゃ) (kenjutsusha)
  • 剣(けん)術(じゅつ)使(つか)い (kenjutsu tsukai)

See also

References
  1. “剣術”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.