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松涛館流 (しょうとうかんりゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

松しょう涛とう館かん流りゅう

Meanings

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noun

Shotokan style of karate

martial arts

Refers to the Shotokan school of karate, one of the major styles. Used as a proper noun in martial arts contexts.

彼かれは松しょう涛とう館かん流りゅうの空から手てを10年ねん間かん習ならっている。
He has been learning Shotokan-style karate for ten years.
松しょう涛とう館かん流りゅうは、基き本ほんの型かたを重じゅう視しする空から手ての流りゅう派はだ。
Shotokan is a school of karate that emphasizes basic kata.

Written forms

松しょう涛とう館かん流りゅう
Standard kanji spelling. The character 涛 is a simplified variant of 濤; the 松濤館流 form is containing out-dated kanji.
松しょう濤とう館かん流りゅう
out-dated kanji form
Contains the older kanji 濤, which is now considered out-dated. Included for recognition of historical or traditional usage.

Kanji

松pine tree

waves, billows

館building, mansion, large building

流current, a sink, flow

濤waves, billows

Etymology

Named after the pen name of Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of modern karate. 松涛 (Shōtō) means 'pine waves', and 館 (kan) means 'hall' or 'school', with 流 (ryū) meaning 'style' or 'school'.