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karate

karate

126 3.5
A Japanese fighting art where people hit with their hands and kick
  • noun
  • /kəˈrɑːti/
: karate
  • I've got a black belt in karate.
  • art of karate
  • black belt in karate
  • a karate belt

I want to learn karate, teach me karate.

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Examples

How Striking

kickboxing
19 3.0
taekwondo
9 5.9
karate
126 3.5
martial art
110 2.9
judo
20 3.2
aikido
6 7.0

Surface Forms

karate singular
karates plural

Etymology

The word karate comes from the Japanese parts kara 'empty' and te 'hand', so 'empty hand' explains that karate is fighting with no weapon, using kicks and punches.