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dojo

dojo

21 5.3
A place where people practice martial arts like judo or karate
  • noun
  • /ˈdoʊdʒoʊ/
: dojo
  • We don't condone violence outside of the dojo.
  • martial arts dojo
  • training at the dojo
  • Japanese dojo

And I think to myself, I've got enough in savings to open a Dojo where I could have a small gym and mats.

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Examples

How Specialized

martial art
110 2.9
dojo
21 5.3
academy
416 3.3
gym
695 1.0

Surface Forms

dojo singular
dojos plural

Etymology

Dojo comes from Japanese: dō meaning 'way' and jō meaning 'place'. So a dojo is a 'place of the way' — a training hall where people go to practice and learn martial arts like judo and kendo.