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弓道

きゅうどう

N3Japanese archery · kyudo

Examples

高校に入ってから弓道を習い始めた。

弓道の大会では礼儀や姿勢も重視される。

Included kanji

Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 弓道(きゅうどう) is kyudo, the Japanese martial art practiced with a bow and arrows.
  • Basic usage: It appears in discussions of learning kyudo or of practice and competition that value etiquette and posture.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Reading the bow and the art
    • The bow itself is called 弓(ゆみ). In 弓道, the first character is read きゅう.

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