{"id":212,"date":"2012-02-07T10:32:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T23:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/seishin_iaido\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2025-06-10T14:18:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:18:30","slug":"terminology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/seishin_iaido\/terminology","title":{"rendered":"Terminology"},"content":{"rendered":"

JAPANESE PRONUNCIATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
A
\nE
\nI
\nO
\nU<\/strong><\/td>\n		“ah”
\n“eh”
\n“ee”
\n“oh”
\n“oo”<\/td>\n		[ as the A<\/strong><\/em><\/span> in after ]\n[ as the E<\/strong><\/em><\/span> in met ]\n[ as the I<\/strong><\/em><\/span> in marine ]\n[ as the O<\/strong><\/em><\/span> in oh! ]\n[ as the U<\/strong><\/em><\/span> in rude ]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

NUMBERS and COUNTING<\/p>\n

1. ichi
\n2. ni\u00a0(nee)<\/span>
\n3. san\u00a0(sahn)<\/span>
\n4. shi\u00a0(shee)\u00a0<\/span>or (yon)<\/span>
\n5. go\u00a0(goh)<\/span>
\n6. roku\u00a0(low-koo)<\/span>
\n7. shichi\u00a0(shee-ch(ee) or (nana)<\/span>
\n8. hachi\u00a0(hah-chee)<\/span>
\n9. ku\u00a0(koo)<\/span>
\n10. ju\u00a0(joo)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
JAPANESE PHRASES<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
arigato gozaimasu<\/strong><\/td>\n(Ah-lee-gah-toh goh-zah-ee-mahss)<\/td>\nThank you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
arigato gozaimashita<\/strong><\/td>\n(Ah-lee-gah-toh gohh-zah-ee-mah-shee-tah)<\/td>\nThank you very much for what you have done.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
onegai shimasu<\/strong><\/td>\n(Oh-ne-guy-ee\u00a0 shee-mahss)<\/td>\nI request your favor.\u00a0 Spoken when one wishes to practice with another student. for example: Would you please practice with me?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hajime<\/strong><\/td>\n(Hah-jee-me)<\/td>\nStart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
yame<\/strong><\/td>\n(Yah-meh)<\/td>\nStop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rei<\/strong><\/td>\n(L\/R-a-y)<\/td>\nBow. Gesture of respect \/ gratitude.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

SOME VOWELS<\/strong><\/p>\n

“ai<\/strong>“, like as used in “iai<\/strong>do”.\u00a0 “ai” is not pronounced just like “I” or “eye”, but rather like “ah-ee” with neither part elongated. So “iaido, would be “ee-i-do” or aikido would be “ah-ee-key-do”.<\/p>\n

“ei<\/strong>“, like as used in “sei<\/strong>shin”. Pronuncitation of “ei” is not set in stone. But “seishin would be “say-shin”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JAPANESE PRONUNCIATION A E I O U “ah” “eh” “ee” “oh” “oo” [ as the A in after ] [ as the E in met ] [ as the I in marine ] [ as the O in oh! ] … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-212","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/seishin_iaido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/seishin_iaido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/seishin_iaido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/seishin_iaido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/seishin_iaido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/seishin_iaido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":706,"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/seishin_iaido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212\/revisions\/706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kendovictoria.asn.au\/seishin_iaido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}