AIKIDO DICTIONARY - an interpretation of Aikido terms

Context	Term or Phrase	Japanese	Meaning
Etiquette	Shomen ni rei	正面に礼	Bow to the Shomen or Kamiza
Etiquette	Otagai ni rei	お互いに礼	Bow to each other
Etiquette	Onegai shimasu	お願いします	Please train with me
Etiquette	Dōmo arigatō gozaimasu	どうもありがとうございます	Thank you very much
Counting	Ichi	一	One (1)
Counting	Ni	二	Two (2)
Counting	San	三	Three (3)
Counting	Shi or Yon	四	Four (4)
Counting	Go	五	Five (5)
Counting	Roku	六	Six (6)
Counting	Shichi	七	Seven (7)
Counting	Hachi	八	Eight (8)
Counting	Kyū	九	Nine (9)
Counting	Jū	十	Ten (10)
Direction / Position	Omote	表	Enter through uke's front-side
Direction / Position	Ura	裏	Enter towards uke's rear or blind-side
Direction / Position	Soto	外	Outside or Outer Circle
Direction / Position	Uchi	内	Inside or Inside Circle
Direction / Position	Jodan	上段	High
Direction / Position	Chudan	中段	Middle
Direction / Position	Gedan	下段	Low
Stance / Posture	Ai-hanmi	合半身	Same / matching foot forward
Stance / Posture	Gyaku-hanmi	逆半身	Opposite foot forward
Stance / Posture	Migi-hanmi	右半身	Right foot forward
Stance / Posture	Hidari-hanmi	左半身	Left foot forward
Stance / Posture	Seiza	正座	Formal kneeling position
Stance / Posture	Kiza	跪座	Kneeling with raised toes

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