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| 1. |
[n]
▶ (fighting) spirit ▶ motivation ▶ effort |
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| 2. |
[n]
▶ shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.) ▶ cheer ▶ yell |
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| 3. |
[n]
{martial arts}
▶ kiai ▶ [expl] short shout when performing an attacking move |
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| 3. | A 2019-03-09 19:25:10 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| 2. | A* 2019-03-08 06:44:56 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiai |
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| Comments: | I think it needs a bit more. |
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| Diff: | @@ -32,0 +33 @@ +<gloss g_type="expl">short shout when performing an attacking move</gloss> |
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| 1. | A* 2019-03-07 20:09:31 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | daij chujiten https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph? content=kiai&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2Ckiai%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B %3BKiai%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bkiai%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BKIAI%3B%2Cc0 |
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| Comments: | I think "kiai" is used in English in martial arts such as karate. |
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| Diff: | @@ -19 +19,8 @@ -<gloss>scream</gloss> +<gloss>(fighting) spirit</gloss> +<gloss>motivation</gloss> +<gloss>effort</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>cheer</gloss> @@ -21 +28,5 @@ -<gloss>fighting spirit</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<field>&MA;</field> +<gloss>kiai</gloss> |
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