different between dojo vs doko

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??d???/, [?d???d?????]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?do??d?o?/, [?do???d??o??]
• Rhymes: -??d???
• Hyphenation: do?jo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (d?j?, literally “place of the ways”). Doublet of dojang.

Noun

dojo (plural dojos or dojo)

1. (martial arts) A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training.
2. (by extension) A room or other facility used for other activities, such as meditation or software development.
3. (sumo) Synonym of dohyo (“the ring in which a sumo wrestling match is held”)

Alternative forms

• d?j?

Derived terms

• McDojo

Related terms

• dojocho (“head of a dojo”)

See also

• dohyo

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (doj?, “pond loach”).

Noun

dojo

1. The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a freshwater fish native to East Asia.

Translations

Further reading

• dojo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dojo (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pond loach on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (d?j?, “place of the way”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.?o/

Noun

dojo m (plural dojos)

1. (martial arts) dojo

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• doyo (non-standard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (?????, d?j?, literally “place of the ways”): ? (??, d?, “road; way”) + ? (???, j?, “place; place where events are held; flattened area for ceremonies or festivals”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.d??o/
• Hyphenation: do?jo

Noun

dojo (first-person possessive dojoku, second-person possessive dojomu, third-person possessive dojonya)

1. (martial arts) A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training.

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (d?j?, “place of the way”)

Noun

dojo n (indeclinable)

1. dojo (a place where martial arts are practiced)

Spanish

Noun

dojo m (plural dojos)

1. (martial arts) dojo

English

Noun

doko (plural dokos)

1. (archaic) A lepidosiren.
   • 1887, Henry Davenport Northrop, Earth, sea and sky: or, marvels of the universe (page 683)

     If the water, which the doko has chosen for its habitation becomes dried up, it wraps itself in a kind of a capsule of mud […]

Anagrams

• dook

Chichewa

Etymology

Unknown. Sometimes claimed to be a borrowing from English dock, which is extremely unlikely due to the term being attested in the dictionary of Johannes Rebmann, compiled before contact with English speakers, as well due to the implosive consonant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??o.ko/

Noun

doko 5 (plural madoko 6)

1. harbor or landing place for boats

Japanese

Romanization

doko

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Shona

Adjective

-dóko

1. Karanga and Manyika form of -diki

Inflection