kendo
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Origin of kendo
1920–25; < Japanese kendō, from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese jiàn “sword” + dào “way”; cf. Bushido, judo, Tao
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Until we found out that our friends who had the women’s sneaker store Kendo on Melrose were opening a fitted hat store.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022
In January 2020, Von D announced that she was selling shares of her makeup line to its corporate parent, Kendo.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021
Kendo means “the way of the sword” and has evolved from the days of the samurai warrior.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2019
A five-term lawmaker and Kendo enthusiast, Kaieda is a graduate of Tokyo’s Keio University who helped form the DPJ with Kan and former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
From BusinessWeek • Aug. 29, 2011
We accordingly asked Kendo to allow some of his people to assist us in digging a grave.
From The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa by Skinner, E.F.
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