少林寺拳法

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少	林	寺	拳	法
しょう Grade: 2	りん Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2	けん Grade: S	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
on'yomi		goon	kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 少林寺(しょうりんじ) (Shōrinji, “Shaolin Monastery”) + 拳法(けんぽう) (kenpō, “martial art”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーりんじけんぽー [shòóríńjí kéꜜǹpòò] (Nakadaka – [6])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɾʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑi kẽ̞mpo̞ː]

Noun

少(しょう)林(りん)寺(じ)拳(けん)法(ぽう) • (Shōrinji kenpō) ^{←せうりんじけんぱふ (Seurinzi kenpafu)^?}

shorinji kempo

Descendants

→ English: shorinji kempo

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN