kanji for kendo terms
 

I am looking for kanji vs. romanji for kendo terms. Kanji helps relate and understand when I hear it in Japanese (romanji). Anybody?

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before the book arrives, can someone tell me what is kensen in kanji?

剣先

剣 ken - Sword
先 sen - Before, past, etc, like in "sensei".

Sort of translates to "end/tip of sword". "Kensen" can also be read as "kensaki".

I usually see "kensen" written 剣尖. Sword+point/sharp. 剣先 is, in my experience, usually read kensaki. While saki means ahead, etc., it is also the normal word for the end of things: pencils, rulers, sticks, or pretty much anything else with an "end" or "tip".

I have only ever seen it as the latter, including the kendo dictionary.

Is the other more related to swords than shinai/bokuto?

Thanks for all the replies. From the sound of it, I thought it was 剣线, messes my head up. It makes more sense now.

I cound't tell you. Most of my kendo reading skews to older stuff.

That's not even Japanese. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif Your second character would be 線 in current Japanese.

That probably explains it.

Yeah, that was the simplified Chinese. I wasn't sure which one is used in Japanese...http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/redface.gif. I don't know Japanese, and my Chinese is rusty.