[
	{
		"title": "Aikidō",
		"sort": "Aikido",
		"japanese": "合気道",
		"translation": "The Way of Harmony",
		"description": "A defensive martial art developed by Ueshiba Morihei between 1925 and 1969."
	},
	{
		"title": "Enryākuji",
		"sort": "Enryaakuji",
		"japanese": "延暦寺",
		"description": "Main monastery of the <em>tendai</em> sect on Mount Hiei zan near Kyōto. Founded by Tennō Kammu as the center of Tendai Buddhism. In its heyday the monastery had up to 40,000 monks and <em>sōhei</em> in 3000 temples on the mountain In September 1571 it was destroyed by Oda Nobunaga in the course of his campaign against <em>ikkō ikki</em>, Ninja and <em>sōhei</em> and killed most of the residents."
	},
	{
		"title": "Aikuchi",
		"sort": "Aikuchi",
		"japanese": "匕首",
		"description": "Small Japanese dagger."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ainu",
		"sort": "Ainu",
		"japanese": "アイヌ",
		"description": "Native people of Japan. A linguistically and racially distinct people from the Japanese who now live in small numbers (15,000 individuals) on the northern island of Hokkaidō. Their build is stocky, with light skin, strong bones, and body hair."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ai sha",
		"sort": "Ai sha",
		"japanese": "愛者",
		"translation": "Love person",
		"description": "Principle of <em>gojō goyoku</em> based on exploiting compassion."
	},
	{
		"title": "Akechi Mitsuhide",
		"sort": "Akechi Mitsuhide",
		"japanese": "明智光秀",
		"description": "General of Oda Nobunaga, who betrayed him and, in the absence of his bodyguards, attacked and killed Nobunaga. His troops burned Nobunaga’s castle."
	},
	{
		"title": "Akindo",
		"sort": "Akindo",
		"japanese": "商人",
		"translation": "merchant",
		"description": "Popular Ninja disguise in <em>shichi hō de</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ashi",
		"sort": "Ashi",
		"japanese": "足",
		"translation": "leg, foot"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ashi fumikae",
		"sort": "Ashi fumikae",
		"japanese": "足踏み替え",
		"translation": "Change legs"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ashigaru",
		"sort": "Ashigaru",
		"japanese": "足軽",
		"translation": "Flight Footed Soldier",
		"description": "Lower class of the Samurai. In peacetime they were mostly farmers in the fields. Their armament and armor were lighter and cheaper."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ashikaga",
		"sort": "Ashikaga",
		"japanese": "足利",
		"description": "Clan descended from the Minamoto who were the <em>shōgune</em> of Japan in the Ashikaga period (1338-1573)."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ashi kō",
		"sort": "Ashi ko",
		"japanese": "足甲",
		"translation": "Armored Feet",
		"description": "Ninja climbing foot claws, used to climb walls and walls. The counterpart for the hands is called <em>shukō</em> or <em>tekagi</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Atemi",
		"sort": "Atemi",
		"japanese": "当身",
		"translation": "Blow to the body",
		"description": "Punches and kicks against the human’s vital points and nerve centers to stun, paralyze or kill them."
	},
	{
		"title": "Atemi waza",
		"sort": "Atemi waza",
		"japanese": "当身技",
		"translation": "Hit the body with the hand",
		"description": "Another term for hitting the vital points and nerve centers."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ayumi ashi",
		"sort": "Ayumi ashi",
		"japanese": "歩み足",
		"translation": "Normal walking"
	},
	{
		"title": "Uma",
		"sort": "Uma",
		"japanese": "馬",
		"translation": "horse"
	},
	{
		"title": "Bajutsu",
		"sort": "Bajutsu",
		"japanese": "馬術",
		"translation": "Horsemanship"
	},
	{
		"title": "Bakufu",
		"sort": "Bakufu",
		"japanese": "幕府",
		"translation": "Tent Government",
		"description": "Originally the name for the <em>shōgun</em> encampment. Later for the seat of the <em>shōgun</em> military dictatorship."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bakuhatsu gama",
		"sort": "Bakuhatsu gama",
		"japanese": "爆発鎌",
		"translation": "Bomb Throwing Crescent",
		"description": "Ninja weapon consisting of a large sickle (<em>kama</em>), a two meter long chain and explosives, poison or blinding powder at the end."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bansenshūkai",
		"sort": "Bansenshukai",
		"japanese": "萬川集海",
		"translation": "Ten thousand rivers flow into the sea",
		"description": "A ten-part Ninja compendium written in 1676 by Fujibayashi Yasuyoshi."
	},
	{
		"title": "Banzai",
		"sort": "Banzai",
		"japanese": "万歳",
		"translation": "Ten thousand years",
		"description": "Japanese exclamation of joy or battle."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bashigo",
		"sort": "Bashigo",
		"japanese": "梯子",
		"translation": "Ladder",
		"description": "Also <em>hashigo</em>. Usually made from reeds or bamboo."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bisentō",
		"sort": "Bisento",
		"japanese": "眉尖刀",
		"translation": "halberd",
		"description": "Japanese broad-bladed halberd."
	},
	{
		"title": "Biwako",
		"sort": "Biwako",
		"japanese": "琵琶湖",
		"translation": "Lake Biwa",
		"description": "The largest lake in Japan (695 km²), located near the city of Kyōto. The name comes from its lute (<em>biwa</em>)-like shape."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bō",
		"sort": "Bo",
		"japanese": "棒",
		"translation": "stick, staff",
		"description": "Term for all Japanese staff weapons. Actually related to the <em>roku shaku bō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bōryaku",
		"sort": "Boryaku",
		"japanese": "謀略",
		"translation": "Strategy",
		"description": "Part of Japanese warfare (<em>heihō</em>). This included the Japanese battle formations."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bō shuriken",
		"sort": "Bo shuriken",
		"japanese": "棒手裏剣",
		"description": "Elongated, dagger-like projectiles (<em>shuriken</em>). Hairpins, nails, chopsticks, among others."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bōenkyō",
		"sort": "Boenkyo",
		"japanese": "望遠鏡",
		"translation": "telescope"
	},
	{
		"title": "Bō ken",
		"sort": "Bo ken",
		"japanese": "棒剣",
		"translation": "Stick Sword",
		"description": "Practicing sword made of heavy wood. Also <em>bokken</em> or <em>bokutō</em>. A quite dangerous weapon."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bokken",
		"sort": "Bokken",
		"japanese": "木剣",
		"translation": "Wooden Sword",
		"description": "Also <em>bō ken</em> or <em>bokutō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Boku",
		"sort": "Boku",
		"japanese": "木",
		"translation": "tree, wood",
		"description": "Also <em>moku</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bokutō",
		"sort": "Bokuto",
		"japanese": "木刀",
		"translation": "Wooden Sword",
		"description": "Also <em>bō ken</em> or <em>bokken</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Boshi ken",
		"sort": "Boshi ken",
		"japanese": "母指拳",
		"translation": "thumb fist",
		"description": "The target is hit with the tip of the thumb."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bu",
		"sort": "Bu",
		"japanese": "武",
		"translation": "The Art of War, Warriorship, Military",
		"description": "Also <em>mu</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Buddha",
		"sort": "Buddha",
		"sanskrit": "बुद्ध",
		"translation": "Awakened",
		"description": "Term for a person who has broken the world cycle of reincarnation. Usually Buddha means the Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince from Kapilavatsu, the founder of the world religion Buddhism. Japanese Butsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Budō",
		"sort": "Budo",
		"japanese": "武道",
		"translation": "Martial Arts",
		"description": "Term for all Japanese martial arts."
	},
	{
		"title": "Budōka",
		"sort": "Budoka",
		"japanese": "武道家",
		"translation": "Martial Artist",
		"description": "Performer of <em>budō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bugeisha",
		"sort": "Bugeisha",
		"japanese": "武芸者",
		"translation": "Martial Arts Master",
		"description": "Term for the warriors (Samurai), practitioners of the martial arts. Also <em>bujin</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bujin",
		"sort": "Bujin",
		"japanese": "武人",
		"translation": "Military Person",
		"description": "Also <em>bugeisha</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bujinkan",
		"sort": "Bujinkan",
		"japanese": "武神館",
		"translation": "The Hall of the Divine Warrior",
		"description": "Organization founded by Hatsumi Masaaki, brings together nine ancient warrior and Ninjutsu <em>ryū</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bujutsu",
		"sort": "Bujutsu",
		"japanese": "武術",
		"translation": "The Martial Arts, Wushu",
		"description": "Term for all Samurai martial arts."
	},
	{
		"title": "Buke",
		"sort": "Buke",
		"japanese": "武家",
		"translation": "Samurai Warrior Military Family",
		"description": "Term for noble warrior families."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bushi",
		"sort": "Bushi",
		"japanese": "武士",
		"translation": "Warrior, Samurai",
		"description": "Term for the noble warriors of feudal Japan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bushidō",
		"sort": "Bushido",
		"japanese": "武士道",
		"translation": "The Way of the Warrior",
		"description": "Samurai code of honor. Demanded self-discipline, self-sacrifice, and self-control."
	},
	{
		"title": "Butsu",
		"sort": "Butsu",
		"japanese": "仏",
		"translation": "Buddha"
	},
	{
		"title": "Chakuchi",
		"sort": "Chakuchi",
		"japanese": "着地",
		"translation": "Lunge"
	},
	{
		"title": "Chi",
		"sort": "Chi",
		"japanese": "地",
		"translation": "earth, ground"
	},
	{
		"title": "Chi giri ki",
		"sort": "Chi giri ki",
		"japanese": "乳切木",
		"description": "Long staff, with chain and iron weight at the end. Weapon evolved from the flail."
	},
	{
		"title": "Chikatabi",
		"sort": "Chikatabi",
		"japanese": "地下足袋",
		"description": "Ninja shoes, with a separate big toe. Great for silent running and climbing."
	},
	{
		"title": "Chi kai ri",
		"sort": "Chi kai ri",
		"japanese": "地開理",
		"translation": "Earth-Opening Strategies",
		"description": "Strategies used by the Ninja during a war to penetrate enemy lines."
	},
	{
		"title": "Chikujō jutsu",
		"sort": "Chikujo jutsu",
		"japanese": "築城術",
		"translation": "The art of building a castle",
		"description": "Field fortification methods."
	},
	{
		"title": "Chimon",
		"sort": "Chimon",
		"japanese": "地文",
		"translation": "Geography"
	},
	{
		"title": "Chitsu mishi",
		"sort": "Chitsu mishi",
		"japanese": "秩見し",
		"translation": "Bapaid eyes",
		"description": "Dwellers of a hostile territory working for a Ninja."
	},
	{
		"title": "Chōda",
		"sort": "Choda",
		"japanese": "長蛇",
		"translation": "Long Line",
		"description": "A battle formation from the <em>bōryaku</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Chōhō",
		"sort": "Choho",
		"japanese": "諜報",
		"translation": "espionage"
	},
	{
		"title": "Chōkyori kyōsō",
		"sort": "Chokyori kyoso",
		"japanese": "長距離競争",
		"translation": "Long distance run",
		"description": "A Ninja running technique used to deliver messages over long distances."
	},
	{
		"title": "Chūnin",
		"sort": "Chunin",
		"japanese": "中人",
		"translation": "Middle person",
		"description": "Mid-ranking Ninja. Liaison between a clan leader (<em>jōnin</em>) and executive agents (<em>genin</em>). His strengths lay in the areas of people skills and the dressing up, because he usually established contact with the client."
	},
	{
		"title": "Dai",
		"sort": "Dai",
		"japanese": "大",
		"translation": "Big"
	},
	{
		"title": "Daimyō",
		"sort": "Daimyo",
		"japanese": "大名",
		"translation": "Big Name",
		"description": "Term for the rising landowners who fought for power in Japan during the <em>sengoku jidai</em> period."
	},
	{
		"title": "Daisharin",
		"sort": "Daisharin",
		"japanese": "大車輪",
		"translation": "Big Balance Wheel",
		"description": "Ninja weapon consisting of an axle and two large wheels. Was rolled into the opponent’s legs."
	},
	{
		"title": "Daishō",
		"sort": "Daisho",
		"japanese": "大小",
		"translation": "upper-lower",
		"description": "Denotes the sword pair of the Samurai, <em>katana</em> and <em>wakizashi</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Daitō",
		"sort": "Daito",
		"japanese": "大刀",
		"translation": "Great Sword",
		"description": "Term for oversized Samurai swords."
	},
	{
		"title": "Daken taijutsu",
		"sort": "Daken taijutsu",
		"japanese": "打拳体術",
		"translation": "The art of hitting your body with your fist",
		"description": "Fighting techniques from <em>taijutsu</em>. Kicks, punches and blocking techniques. Distinction between <em>koppō jutsu</em> and <em>koshi jutsu</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Dan",
		"sort": "Dan",
		"japanese": "段",
		"translation": "Rank, level",
		"description": "Description for the master degrees."
	},
	{
		"title": "Dengyō Daishi",
		"sort": "Dengyo Daishi",
		"japanese": "伝教大師",
		"description": "Founder of Tendai Buddhist sect and Enryakuji Monastery. Other name was Saichō."
	},
	{
		"title": "Densho",
		"sort": "Densho",
		"japanese": "伝書",
		"translation": "Traditional Letters",
		"description": "Secret documents of a <em>ryū</em> that recorded the techniques and rules."
	},
	{
		"title": "Do",
		"sort": "Do",
		"japanese": "土",
		"translation": "earth, ground"
	},
	{
		"title": "Dō",
		"sort": "Do",
		"japanese": "道",
		"translation": "way, path, principle",
		"description": "Label for the Asian worldview."
	},
	{
		"title": "Dō no hi",
		"sort": "Do no hi",
		"japanese": "銅の火",
		"translation": "Copper Fire",
		"description": "Pocket warmer. A small oven into which the Ninja placed a smoldering coal. Also known as <em>dōka</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Dōjō",
		"sort": "Dojo",
		"japanese": "道場",
		"translation": "Training Hall"
	},
	{
		"title": "Dōka",
		"sort": "Doka",
		"japanese": "銅火",
		"translation": "Copper Fire",
		"description": "Bag warmers. Also <em>dō no hi</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Doko no kamae",
		"sort": "Doko no kamae",
		"japanese": "怒虎の構え",
		"translation": "Angry Tiger",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Do sha",
		"sort": "Do sha",
		"japanese": "怒者",
		"translation": "Angry Person",
		"description": "Principle of <em>gojō goyoku</em> based on exploiting irritability."
	},
	{
		"title": "Doton jutsu",
		"sort": "Doton jutsu",
		"japanese": "土遁術",
		"translation": "The Art of Escape with Earth",
		"description": "Escape technique from <em>goton pō</em>, using the earth as a means of escape."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ebira",
		"sort": "Ebira",
		"japanese": "箙",
		"translation": "Quiver of Arrows"
	},
	{
		"title": "Edo",
		"sort": "Edo",
		"japanese": "江戸",
		"description": "Old term for the Japanese capital, today Tōkyō."
	},
	{
		"title": "Eki",
		"sort": "Eki",
		"japanese": "易",
		"translation": "Oracle",
		"description": "Interrogated by coins or yarrow stalks. In Chinese I Ching."
	},
	{
		"title": "Endoku ken",
		"sort": "Endoku ken",
		"japanese": "煙毒剣",
		"translation": "Smoke Venom Blade",
		"description": "Throwing star (<em>shuriken</em>) that could be ignited and produced poisonous gases."
	},
	{
		"title": "Engetsu",
		"sort": "Engetsu",
		"japanese": "偃月",
		"translation": "Crescent",
		"description": "A battle formation from the <em>bōryaku</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Fu",
		"sort": "Fu",
		"japanese": "風",
		"translation": "wind"
	},
	{
		"title": "Fudō ken",
		"sort": "Fudo ken",
		"japanese": "不動拳",
		"translation": "Unmoving fist",
		"description": "A fist stance found in many martial arts that represents a <q>normal</q> fist."
	},
	{
		"title": "Fudōshin",
		"sort": "Fudoshin",
		"japanese": "不動心",
		"translation": "Unmoving Heart",
		"description": "A calm, unmoved mind."
	},
	{
		"title": "Fudōza no kamae",
		"sort": "Fudoza no kamae",
		"japanese": "不動座の構え",
		"translation": "Static Seat",
		"description": "Seated position in Japan, also stance in Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Fujibayashi Nagato",
		"sort": "Fujibayashi Nagato",
		"japanese": "藤林長門",
		"description": "Famous <em>jōnin</em> from the Iga region. Actually just a sham identity of Momochi Sandayu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Fujita Seiko",
		"sort": "Fujita Seiko",
		"japanese": "藤田せいこ",
		"description": "Grandmaster of Ninjutsu. The last chief of the Kōga <em>ryū</em>. Died in a car accident at the age of 65 with his top three students."
	},
	{
		"title": "Fukibari",
		"sort": "Fukibari",
		"japanese": "吹き針",
		"translation": "Blow needles",
		"description": "Ninja fighting technique in which small metal needles (<em>fukumi bari</em>) were blown into the attacker’s face."
	},
	{
		"title": "Fukiya",
		"sort": "Fukiya",
		"japanese": "吹き矢",
		"translation": "Blowgun and Arrow",
		"description": "Most of the bullets were poisoned."
	},
	{
		"title": "Fukumi bari",
		"sort": "Fukumi bari",
		"japanese": "含み針",
		"translation": "Small arrows"
	},
	{
		"title": "Futokoro teppō",
		"sort": "Futokoro teppo",
		"japanese": "懐鉄砲",
		"translation": "Pocket Iron Pistol",
		"description": "Bronze pistol that was easy to conceal. Popular with the Ninja."
	},
	{
		"title": "Fuma Kotarō",
		"sort": "Fuma Kotaro",
		"japanese": "風魔小太郎",
		"description": "Famous <em>jōnin</em> Ninja with 200 minions. Specialist in guerrilla warfare."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gandō",
		"sort": "Gando",
		"japanese": "龕灯",
		"translation": "Buddhist Altar Light",
		"description": "Lighting tool whose light source is always held perpendicular to the ground."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gankō",
		"sort": "Ganko",
		"japanese": "雁行",
		"translation": "Flight of Birds",
		"description": "A battle formation from the <em>bōryaku</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gasshō no kamae",
		"sort": "Gassho no kamae",
		"japanese": "合掌の構え",
		"translation": "Prayer Pose",
		"description": "Ninjutsu stance (<em>kamae</em>). Greeting with palms together."
	},
	{
		"title": "Genin",
		"sort": "Genin",
		"japanese": "下人",
		"translation": "Lower person",
		"description": "Lower rank of the Ninja. Executive agent who takes his orders from the <em>chūnin</em>. He mostly doesn’t know the <em>jōnin</em>. His strengths were melee combat, concealment, infiltration and sabotage."
	},
	{
		"title": "Genji",
		"sort": "Genji",
		"japanese": "源氏",
		"description": "Label for the Minamoto."
	},
	{
		"title": "Geta",
		"sort": "Geta",
		"japanese": "下駄",
		"description": "Wooden sandals with high heels, a cross or toe strap."
	},
	{
		"title": "Geri",
		"sort": "Geri",
		"japanese": "蹴り",
		"translation": "Kick",
		"description": "Also <em>keri</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gi",
		"sort": "Gi",
		"japanese": "着",
		"translation": "Clothes, Outfit, Uniform",
		"description": "Training clothes."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gikan-ryū",
		"sort": "Gikan-ryu",
		"japanese": "義鑑流",
		"translation": "School of Learning Justice",
		"description": "One of the nine <em>ryū</em> of the Bujinkan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Godai",
		"sort": "Godai",
		"japanese": "五大",
		"translation": "The Big Five",
		"description": "The five elements of the universe from the Mikkyō. Earth (<em>chi</em>), Water (<em>sui</em>), Fire (<em>ka</em>), wind (<em>fu</em>) and emptiness (<em>kū</em>)."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gisō jutsu",
		"sort": "Giso jutsu",
		"japanese": "擬装術",
		"translation": "The art of impersonation and disguise",
		"description": "The art of the Ninja to empathize with other people and assume a new identity. Part of onshin jutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gogyō",
		"sort": "Gogyo",
		"japanese": "五行",
		"translation": "Theory of the Five Elements",
		"description": "View of nature adopted from Chinese Daoism. Water (Sui), Wood (<em>moku</em>), Fire (Ka), Earth (Do), and Metal (Kin)."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gogyō setsu",
		"sort": "Gogyo setsu",
		"japanese": "五行説",
		"translation": "Theory of the Five Elements",
		"description": "Short <em>gogyō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gojō goyoku",
		"sort": "Gojo goyoku",
		"japanese": "五条五欲",
		"description": "Ninja strategy of manipulating people through their traits."
	},
	{
		"title": "Goku no kamae",
		"sort": "Goku no kamae",
		"japanese": "ごくの構え",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gorin no sho",
		"sort": "Gorin no sho",
		"japanese": "五輪の書",
		"translation": "The Book of Five Rings",
		"description": "Sword fighting and strategy work written by Miyamoto Musashi."
	},
	{
		"title": "Goton pō",
		"sort": "Goton po",
		"japanese": "五遁包",
		"translation": "The Five Methods of Escape",
		"description": "Ninja’s principle of escaping using the five elements of Gogyō."
	},
	{
		"title": "Goton jutsu",
		"sort": "Goton jutsu",
		"japanese": "五遁術",
		"translation": "Five Escape Art",
		"description": "Other name for <em>goton pō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gu",
		"sort": "Gu",
		"japanese": "具",
		"translation": "tool"
	},
	{
		"title": "Gyokko-ryū",
		"sort": "Gyokko-ryu",
		"japanese": "玉虎流",
		"translation": "School of the Jeweled Tiger",
		"description": "One of the nine <em>ryū</em> of the Bujinkan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gyokushin-ryū",
		"sort": "Gyokushin-ryu",
		"japanese": "玉心流",
		"translation": "The School of the Jeweled Heart",
		"description": "One of the nine <em>ryū</em> of the Bujinkan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Gyorin",
		"sort": "Gyorin",
		"japanese": "魚鱗",
		"translation": "Fish Scale",
		"description": "A battle formation from the <em>bōryaku</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hagakure",
		"sort": "Hagakure",
		"japanese": "葉隠",
		"translation": "Hidden Leaves",
		"description": "Book by the Samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo. Discusses the philosophical aspects of <em>bushidō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ha jutsu",
		"sort": "Ha jutsu",
		"japanese": "破術",
		"translation": "The Art of Shattering",
		"description": "Rescue from grabs."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hakama",
		"sort": "Hakama",
		"japanese": "袴",
		"description": "Traditional Culottes."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hanbō",
		"sort": "Hanbo",
		"japanese": "半棒",
		"translation": "Half Stick",
		"description": "The correct name is San shaku bō."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hankyū",
		"sort": "Hankyu",
		"japanese": "半弓",
		"translation": "Half Arc",
		"description": "Ninja short bow. Sometimes collapsible. Easy to carry around."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hanmi no kamae",
		"sort": "Hanmi no kamae",
		"japanese": "半身の構え",
		"translation": "Half person",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hasami bune",
		"sort": "Hasami bune",
		"japanese": "波佐見舟",
		"description": "Collapsible Ninja boat that allowed equipment to be transported across the water."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hara",
		"sort": "Hara",
		"japanese": "腹",
		"translation": "stomach",
		"description": "Denotes the entire area between the stomach and abdomen. Considered the center of mental and physical strength."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hashigo",
		"sort": "Hashigo",
		"japanese": "梯子",
		"translation": "Ladder",
		"description": "Also <em>bashigo</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hatsumi Masaaki",
		"sort": "Hatsumi Masaaki",
		"japanese": "初見良昭",
		"description": "Birth name Hatsumi Yoshiaki, founder of the Bujinkan <em>budō</em> <em>dōjō</em>, sōke of the nine <em>ryū</em> of the Bujinkan and student of Takamatsu Toshitsugu. Respected worldwide person of honor."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hattori Hanzo",
		"sort": "Hattori Hanzo",
		"japanese": "服部半蔵",
		"description": "Famous <em>jōnin</em> from the Iga region who is also a Samurai in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hayes, Stephen K.",
		"sort": "Hayes, Stephen K.",
		"description": "Teacher of Ninjutsu. Disciple of Hatsumi Masaaki. First non-Japanese to become <em>shidoshi</em>. Established Tōshindō as a school in the U.S.A."
	},
	{
		"title": "Heipo",
		"sort": "Heipo",
		"japanese": "平歩",
		"translation": "Way of the Salamander",
		"description": "Ninja crawling method."
	},
	{
		"title": "Heihō",
		"sort": "Heiho",
		"japanese": "兵法",
		"translation": "Method of the Warrior",
		"description": "Includes both combat methods and combat strategies (<em>bōryaku</em>)."
	},
	{
		"title": "Heike",
		"sort": "Heike",
		"japanese": "平家",
		"description": "Another name for the Taira."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hensō jutsu",
		"sort": "Henso jutsu",
		"japanese": "変装術",
		"translation": "The Art of Dressing Up",
		"description": "Art of Ninja disguise. Part of <em>onshin jutsu</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hichō no kamae",
		"sort": "Hicho no kamae",
		"japanese": "飛鳥の構え",
		"translation": "Flying Bird Pose",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hiken",
		"sort": "Hiken",
		"japanese": "秘剣",
		"translation": "Secret Sword Techniques"
	},
	{
		"title": "Hira no kamae",
		"sort": "Hira no kamae",
		"japanese": "平の構え",
		"translation": "Flat position",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hira shuriken",
		"sort": "Hira shuriken",
		"japanese": "平手裏剣",
		"description": "Flat throwing stars (<em>shuriken</em>) with different number of points, in different sizes and shapes."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hiragana",
		"sort": "Hiragana",
		"japanese": "平仮名",
		"description": "Japanese syllabary, used for purely Japanese words. Invented by Kōbō Daishi."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hishi",
		"sort": "Hishi",
		"japanese": "菱",
		"translation": "Trapa japonica, water chestnut, crow’s foot",
		"description": "Dried water chestnuts that served the purpose of a <em>tetsubishi</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hiraki ashi",
		"sort": "Hiraki ashi",
		"japanese": "開き足",
		"description": "Sliding sideways with both feet."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hito washi",
		"sort": "Hito washi",
		"japanese": "人鷲",
		"translation": "Person Eagle",
		"description": "Flying machine of the Ninja. Also <em>yami doko</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hōjō",
		"sort": "Hojo",
		"japanese": "北条",
		"description": "Clan of risen Samurai. Were one of the families fighting for power in the <em>sengoku jidai</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hōjō jutsu",
		"sort": "Hojo jutsu",
		"japanese": "縄術",
		"translation": "The art of bondage."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hokkaidō",
		"sort": "Hokkaido",
		"japanese": "北海道",
		"description": "Northernmost island of Japan with capital Sapporo."
	},
	{
		"title": "Hōko no kamae",
		"sort": "Hoko no kamae",
		"japanese": "抱圍の構え",
		"translation": "Hugging Pose",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Honbu",
		"sort": "Honbu",
		"japanese": "本部",
		"translation": "Headquarters"
	},
	{
		"title": "Hoshi",
		"sort": "Hoshi",
		"japanese": "鋒矢",
		"translation": "Arrowhead",
		"description": "A battle formation from the <em>bōryaku</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Iaidō",
		"sort": "Iaido",
		"japanese": "居合道",
		"description": "Sport developed from Iai jutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Iai jutsu",
		"sort": "Iai jutsu",
		"japanese": "居合術",
		"translation": "Sworddraw",
		"description": "Art of the Samurai to kill an enemy with the first strike if possible."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ichi no kamae",
		"sort": "Ichi no kamae",
		"japanese": "一の構え",
		"translation": "One position",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ichimonji no kamae",
		"sort": "Ichimonji no kamae",
		"japanese": "一文字の構え",
		"translation": "Straight bar position",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Iga",
		"sort": "Iga",
		"japanese": "伊賀",
		"description": "Japanese province near Kyōto where the Ninja were particularly active."
	},
	{
		"title": "Iga-ryū",
		"sort": "Iga-ryu",
		"japanese": "伊賀流",
		"description": "Ninjutsu style, today’s Kumogakure <em>ryū</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Iga Ueno",
		"sort": "Iga Ueno",
		"japanese": "伊賀上野",
		"description": "City in the Iga region that was once the center of the Ninja. Museums and festivals commemorate the achievements of the Ninja."
	},
	{
		"title": "Iga dama",
		"sort": "Iga dama",
		"japanese": "伊賀玉",
		"description": "Stalkthistle (s. <em>tetsubishi</em>)."
	},
	{
		"title": "Igasaki Dojun",
		"sort": "Igasaki Dojun",
		"japanese": "伊賀崎道順",
		"description": "Famous Ninja from Iga province who got into an enemy castle using incredible tactics."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ikki",
		"sort": "Ikki",
		"japanese": "一揆",
		"translation": "Uprising"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ikkō-ikki",
		"sort": "Ikko-ikki",
		"japanese": "一向一揆",
		"translation": "Uprising of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhists",
		"description": "Revolt by the <q>League of Like-Minders</q>, an esoteric Buddhist sect."
	},
	{
		"title": "In",
		"sort": "In",
		"japanese": "陰",
		"translation": "Shadow, negative, hidden"
	},
	{
		"title": "In’yō",
		"sort": "In’yo",
		"japanese": "陰陽",
		"translation": "Cosmic dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon",
		"description": "The Japanese equivalent of yin and yang, the Taoist symbol of duality."
	},
	{
		"title": "Inpō",
		"sort": "Inpo",
		"japanese": "隠法",
		"description": "The art of concealment and camouflage."
	},
	{
		"title": "Inrō",
		"sort": "Inro",
		"japanese": "印籠",
		"translation": "Travel Pharmacy"
	},
	{
		"title": "Inton jutsu",
		"sort": "Inton jutsu",
		"japanese": "隠遁術",
		"translation": "The Ninja’s Art of Escaping and Hiding"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ippon sugi nobori",
		"sort": "Ippon sugi nobori",
		"japanese": "一本杉登り",
		"translation": "A way of climbing a cedar",
		"description": "Device for climbing up a tree. A piece of iron with a hook, to which two ropes with handles are attached."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ito",
		"sort": "Ito",
		"japanese": "意図",
		"translation": "Intention"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ishikawa Goemon",
		"sort": "Ishikawa Goemon",
		"japanese": "石川五右衛門",
		"description": "Famous Ninja who used his art to steal. A sort of Japanese <q>Robin Hood</q>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ja",
		"sort": "Ja",
		"japanese": "者",
		"translation": "Person"
	},
	{
		"title": "Jari bako",
		"sort": "Jari bako",
		"japanese": "砂利箱",
		"translation": "Sand utility box",
		"description": "Vessels filled with rice, sand, or gravel, used to soften hands. Also <em>kanshu</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ji",
		"sort": "Ji",
		"japanese": "侍",
		"description": "Another name for Samurai."
	},
	{
		"title": "Jin",
		"sort": "Jin",
		"japanese": "人",
		"translation": "Person"
	},
	{
		"title": "Jitte",
		"sort": "Jitte",
		"japanese": "十手",
		"translation": "Ten Hands",
		"description": "Hand weapon with a hook to absorb sword blows. Also <em>jutte</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Jirai",
		"sort": "Jirai",
		"japanese": "地雷",
		"translation": "Land mine"
	},
	{
		"title": "Jō",
		"sort": "Jo",
		"japanese": "杖",
		"translation": "Walking stick, walking stick, staff",
		"description": "The full name is <em>yon shaku bō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Jōnin",
		"sort": "Jonin",
		"japanese": "上人",
		"translation": "Upper Person",
		"description": "Highest rank of the Ninja. Leader of a clan whose true identity was mostly known only to the <em>chūnin</em>. He gave the <em>genin</em> the necessary tasks. His strengths lay in the area of ​​politics, strategy and philosophy."
	},
	{
		"title": "Jūjutsu",
		"sort": "Jujutsu",
		"japanese": "柔術",
		"translation": "Art of Indulgence",
		"description": "Ancient Japanese martial arts of the Samurai."
	},
	{
		"title": "Jūdō",
		"sort": "Judo",
		"japanese": "柔道",
		"translation": "The gentle way",
		"description": "Japanese martial arts developed from <em>jūjutsu</em> by Professor Kanō Jigorō in 1882."
	},
	{
		"title": "Jūmonji no kamae",
		"sort": "Jumonji no kamae",
		"japanese": "十文字の構え",
		"translation": "Ten (cross) position",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Jūnantaisō",
		"sort": "Junantaiso",
		"japanese": "柔軟体操",
		"translation": "Calisthenics",
		"description": "Ninja agility and flexibility exercises."
	},
	{
		"title": "Jū tai jutsu",
		"sort": "Ju tai jutsu",
		"japanese": "柔体術",
		"translation": "Soft Body Art",
		"description": "Grab, lock and choke holds from <em>taijutsu</em> of Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Jutsu",
		"sort": "Jutsu",
		"japanese": "術",
		"translation": "art, means, technique"
	},
	{
		"title": "Jutte",
		"sort": "Jutte",
		"japanese": "十手",
		"translation": "Ten Hands",
		"description": "Hand weapon with a hook to absorb sword blows. Also <em>jitte</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ka",
		"sort": "Ka",
		"japanese": "火",
		"translation": "fire"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kagami",
		"sort": "Kagami",
		"japanese": "鏡",
		"translation": "Mirror"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kagi kōhō keri",
		"sort": "Kagi koho keri",
		"japanese": "鈎後方蹴り",
		"translation": "Back Hook Kick"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kagi nawa",
		"sort": "Kagi nawa",
		"japanese": "鈎縄",
		"translation": "Hook Straw Rope",
		"description": "Long rope with a hook attached to the end."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kagi yari",
		"sort": "Kagi yari",
		"japanese": "鈎槍",
		"translation": "Hookspear",
		"description": "Weapon of the Ninja that could deflect sword blows and climb trees. Also <em>kama yari</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kaiten",
		"sort": "Kaiten",
		"japanese": "回転",
		"translation": "Turn, rotate, roll"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ka jutsu",
		"sort": "Ka jutsu",
		"japanese": "火術",
		"translation": "Fire Art",
		"description": "Handling fire, guns and explosives."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kaku yoku",
		"sort": "Kaku yoku",
		"japanese": "鶴翼",
		"translation": "Cranewing",
		"description": "A battle formation from the <em>bōryaku</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kama",
		"sort": "Kama",
		"japanese": "鎌",
		"translation": "Sickle",
		"description": "Tool used throughout Asia to cut corn, rice, or sugar cane."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kama ikada",
		"sort": "Kama ikada",
		"japanese": "蒲筏",
		"translation": "Reed Raft",
		"description": "One person raft made out of rushes."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kamae",
		"sort": "Kamae",
		"japanese": "構え",
		"translation": "Battle Stances"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kama yari",
		"sort": "Kama yari",
		"japanese": "鎌槍",
		"translation": "Hookspear",
		"description": "Weapon of the Ninja that could deflect sword blows and climb trees. Also Kagi yari."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kamikaze",
		"sort": "Kamikaze",
		"japanese": "神風",
		"translation": "Divine Wind",
		"description": "Name for the two typhoons that the Mongolian forces under Kublai Khan destroyed. During World War II, the pilots who had to crash their planes on Allied ships and bases as a suicide squad were also called <em>kamikaze</em>. "
	},
	{
		"title": "Kamiza",
		"sort": "Kamiza",
		"japanese": "神座",
		"translation": "Seat of the Gods",
		"description": "The most important place in the <em>dōjō</em>, where pictures of the Grand Master hang and religious objects are displayed."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kangeiko",
		"sort": "Kangeiko",
		"japanese": "寒稽古",
		"translation": "Winter Training"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kana",
		"sort": "Kana",
		"japanese": "仮名",
		"description": "Japanese script. The Japanese script consists of a mixture of Japanese characters (<em>katakana</em> and <em>hiragana</em>) and Chinese characters (<em>kanji</em> )."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kanshu",
		"sort": "Kanshu",
		"japanese": "慣手",
		"description": "Vessels filled with rice, sand, or gravel, used to soften hands. Also <em>jari bako</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kanji",
		"sort": "Kanji",
		"japanese": "漢字",
		"translation": "Chinese characters",
		"description": "The characters were adopted by the Japanese and form a majority of their characters today."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kantō kusha",
		"sort": "Kanto kusha",
		"japanese": "巻頭く者",
		"description": "Male Kunoichi Instructor."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kanzashi",
		"sort": "Kanzashi",
		"japanese": "簪",
		"translation": "Ornate Hairpin",
		"description": "Hairpin made of wood or metal that has two prongs like a fork."
	},
	{
		"title": "Karate dō",
		"sort": "Karate do",
		"japanese": "空手道",
		"translation": "Way of the Empty Hand",
		"description": "Martial arts that originated in Okinawa, an archipelago in southern Japan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kasha",
		"sort": "Kasha",
		"japanese": "下車",
		"description": "Rappel pulley."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kasugai",
		"sort": "Kasugai",
		"japanese": "鎹",
		"translation": "Hook",
		"description": "Hook the Ninja used to clip onto doors to prevent opening."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kataga hasami bune",
		"sort": "Kataga hasami bune",
		"japanese": "かたが鋏船",
		"description": "Small boat."
	},
	{
		"title": "Katakana",
		"sort": "Katakana",
		"japanese": "片仮名",
		"description": "Japanese syllabary alphabet, mainly used for foreign expressions, telegrams and onomatopoeia."
	},
	{
		"title": "Katana",
		"sort": "Katana",
		"japanese": "刀",
		"translation": "Sword, Katana",
		"description": "Long sword of the Samurai with a curved, single-edged blade. Blade length is between 61 and 76 cm. Belongs with the <em>wakizashi</em> to the daishō."
	},
	{
		"title": "Katana kake",
		"sort": "Katana kake",
		"japanese": "刀懸け",
		"translation": "Swordstand",
		"description": "Used to store the <em>katana</em> around the house. The <em>wakizashi</em> was only put down when sleeping or in the bath, but even then it was always within reach."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kato Danzo",
		"sort": "Kato Danzo",
		"japanese": "加藤段蔵",
		"description": "Famous Ninja said to have been a master of jumping techniques."
	},
	{
		"title": "Katon jutsu",
		"sort": "Katon jutsu",
		"japanese": "火遁術",
		"translation": "Fire Escape Technique",
		"description": "Escape technique from <em>goton pō</em>, using fire as a means of escape."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kaya kujutsu",
		"sort": "Kaya kujutsu",
		"japanese": "火薬術",
		"translation": "Art of handling fire and explosives"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ken",
		"sort": "Ken",
		"japanese": "拳",
		"translation": "Fist body weapon"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ken",
		"sort": "Ken",
		"japanese": "剣",
		"translation": "sword, saber, blade"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ken tai ichi jō",
		"sort": "Ken tai ichi jo",
		"japanese": "剣体一情",
		"translation": "Body and weapon are one"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kendō",
		"sort": "Kendo",
		"japanese": "剣道",
		"translation": "Way of the Sword",
		"description": "Martial arts that evolved from the sword art (<em>kenjutsu</em>) of the Samurai. Today, a <em>shinai</em> is used instead of a sword. Armor is worn for protection."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kenjutsu",
		"sort": "Kenjutsu",
		"japanese": "剣術",
		"translation": "Sword Art",
		"description": "Swordsmanship of Feudal Japan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kensei",
		"sort": "Kensei",
		"japanese": "剣聖",
		"translation": "Sword Saint",
		"description": "A human who saw through the essence of the path and was considered almost invincible. Miyamoto Musashi is the best-known example of a kensei."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kenshō",
		"sort": "Kensho",
		"japanese": "顕正",
		"translation": "Realizing the Cosmic Truth",
		"description": "Understanding of all things, enlightenment, even satori."
	},
	{
		"title": "Keri",
		"sort": "Keri",
		"japanese": "蹴り",
		"translation": "Kick",
		"description": "Also Geri."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ki",
		"sort": "Ki",
		"japanese": "気",
		"translation": "Energy, vital force, life activity"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kiai",
		"sort": "Kiai",
		"japanese": "気合",
		"translation": "Scream, Fighting Spirit",
		"description": "Discharge energy in a battle cry. Should be accompanied by a powerful technique. Some masters have been able to kill small animals with the scream and temporarily paralyze humans."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kiai jutsu",
		"sort": "Kiai jutsu",
		"japanese": "気合術",
		"translation": "The Art of the Battlecry",
		"description": "The art of using the <em>kiai</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kikaku ken",
		"sort": "Kikaku ken",
		"japanese": "鬼角拳",
		"translation": "Demon Horn Fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kido Yazaemon",
		"sort": "Kido Yazaemon",
		"japanese": "城戸弥左衛門",
		"description": "Famous Ninja who attempted an assassination attempt on Oda Nobunaga but failed."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kinton jutsu",
		"sort": "Kinton jutsu",
		"japanese": "金遁術",
		"translation": "Metal Escape Technique",
		"description": "Escape technique from <em>goton pō</em>, using metal as a means of escape."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kiri",
		"sort": "Kiri",
		"japanese": "錐",
		"translation": "Point Drill"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kin",
		"sort": "Kin",
		"japanese": "金",
		"translation": "gold, metal"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kiten ken",
		"sort": "Kiten ken",
		"japanese": "起転拳",
		"translation": "Turning fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kisha",
		"sort": "Kisha",
		"japanese": "綺者",
		"translation": "Beautiful person",
		"description": "Principle of <em>gojō goyoku</em> based on exploiting vanity."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kito gan",
		"sort": "Kito gan",
		"description": "Pill that quenched the Ninja’s thirst."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kitsune gakure jutsu",
		"sort": "Kitsune gakure jutsu",
		"japanese": "狐隠術",
		"translation": "Art of hiding like a fox",
		"description": "Technique of hiding under the reeds like a fox."
	},
	{
		"title": "Koashi",
		"sort": "Koashi",
		"japanese": "小足",
		"translation": "Small step",
		"description": "Ninja stride."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kokizami ashi",
		"sort": "Kokizami ashi",
		"japanese": "小刻み足",
		"translation": "Short step",
		"description": "Ninja stride."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kōbō Daishi",
		"sort": "Kobo Daishi",
		"japanese": "弘法大師",
		"description": "Founder of the esoteric Buddhist sect of Shingon. Other name was Kūkai."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kobudō",
		"sort": "Kobudo",
		"japanese": "古武道",
		"translation": "Old Budō",
		"description": "Weapons system developed on Okinawa, mostly using peasant tools as weapons."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kōga-ryū",
		"sort": "Koga-ryu",
		"japanese": "甲賀流",
		"description": "Ninjutsu style, most likely extinct today."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kōgai",
		"sort": "Kogai",
		"japanese": "笄",
		"translation": "Hairpin",
		"description": "Needle attached to side <em>wakizashi</em>. Used as a tool for repairing leather items or for hoof care."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kogakure",
		"sort": "Kogakure",
		"japanese": "木隠",
		"translation": "Hidden behind leaves and trees",
		"description": "I chose this name for my website."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kōhō kaiten",
		"sort": "Koho kaiten",
		"japanese": "後方回転",
		"translation": "Reverse Roll"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kōhō Keri",
		"sort": "Koho Keri",
		"japanese": "後方蹴り",
		"translation": "Backkick"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kō ken",
		"sort": "Ko ken",
		"japanese": "鈎拳",
		"translation": "Hook Fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kokū",
		"sort": "Koku",
		"japanese": "虚空",
		"translation": "Empty Space",
		"description": "Japanese measure of capacity for rice. In feudal Japan, people paid in <em>kokū</em>. One kokū is about 180 liters of rice."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kokyūhō",
		"sort": "Kokyuho",
		"japanese": "呼吸法",
		"translation": "Breathing technique, breath control",
		"description": "Methods of Proper Breathing."
	},
	{
		"title": "Komusō",
		"sort": "Komuso",
		"japanese": "虚無僧",
		"translation": "Monk of the Void",
		"description": "Mendicant monk who belonged to the Fuke order. They traveled through Japan wearing a white <em>kimono</em>, a large hat that covered the whole face here, a sword (<em>katana</em>), a long walking staff, a fan, and a flute (<em>shakuhachi</em>). They were never allowed to remove their hats or speak in the presence of a non-monk. The sect has officially disappeared, but it may still exist in the underground."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kongō",
		"sort": "Kongo",
		"japanese": "金剛",
		"translation": "Golden Strength",
		"description": "Short metal weapon used by Buddhist priests for self-defense. This scepter symbolizes the diamond, the sign of pure knowledge. Also known as Indra’s weapon."
	},
	{
		"title": "Koppō jutsu",
		"sort": "Koppojutsu",
		"japanese": "骨法術",
		"translation": "The Art of Bone Methods",
		"description": "Bone-crushing techniques. In these techniques, the hands and feet have been strengthened through intense training to deliver devastating blows to the bones."
	},
	{
		"title": "Koppō ken",
		"sort": "Koppoken",
		"japanese": "骨法拳",
		"translation": "The Fist of the Bone Method"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kōsei no kamae",
		"sort": "Kosei no kamae",
		"japanese": "攻勢の構え",
		"translation": "Grabbing Energy",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Koshi jutsu",
		"sort": "Koshi jutsu",
		"japanese": "骨指術",
		"translation": "The Art of Bone Fingers",
		"description": "These techniques were performed against the muscles of the human body, causing severe pain."
	},
	{
		"title": "Koto-ryū",
		"sort": "Koto-ryu",
		"japanese": "虎倒流",
		"translation": "The School of Slaying the Tiger",
		"description": "One of the nine <em>ryū</em> of the Bujinkan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Koyaku",
		"sort": "Koyaku",
		"japanese": "衡やく",
		"translation": "Beef yoke",
		"description": "A battle formation from the <em>bōryaku</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kū",
		"sort": "Ku",
		"japanese": "空",
		"translation": "emptiness, vacuum",
		"description": "Origin of subatomic energy, the nothingness, the beginning of all things."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kubotan",
		"sort": "Kubotan",
		"japanese": "クボタン",
		"description": "Fist weapon shaped like a small cylinder. It can be used to apply pressure to joints."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kuda bashigo",
		"sort": "Kuda bashigo",
		"japanese": "管梯子",
		"translation": "pipeline"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kuhi",
		"sort": "Kuhi",
		"japanese": "空飛",
		"translation": "Air jump"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kuji in",
		"sort": "Kuji in",
		"japanese": "九字印",
		"translation": "Nine Word Seals",
		"description": "The new finger signs (mudra) used by the Ninja."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kuji kiri",
		"sort": "Kuji kiri",
		"japanese": "九字切り",
		"translation": "Slicing up the nine words",
		"description": "Ritual of drawing a protective grid in the air with a symbolic sword. Not to be confused with <em>kuji in</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kūkai",
		"sort": "Kukai",
		"japanese": "空海",
		"description": "Pseudonym for Kōbō Daishi."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kukishinden-ryū",
		"sort": "Kukishinden-ryu",
		"japanese": "九鬼神流",
		"translation": "The School of the Nine Demon Gods",
		"description": "One of the nine <em>ryū</em> of the Bujinkan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kuma",
		"sort": "kuma",
		"japanese": "熊",
		"translation": "bear"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kumade",
		"sort": "Kumade",
		"japanese": "熊手",
		"translation": "Rake, Rake, Bear Claw",
		"description": "Ninja weapon that could inflict terrible injuries. It was also used for climbing."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kumawaka",
		"sort": "Kumawaka",
		"description": "Famous <em>genin</em> of the Kōga <em>ryū</em> who led 70 Ninja guerrillas."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kumo bashigo",
		"sort": "Kumo bashigo",
		"japanese": "雲梯子",
		"translation": "Cloud Ladder"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kumo bashigo",
		"sort": "Kumo bashigo",
		"japanese": "蜘蛛梯子",
		"translation": "Spider Conductor"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kumogakure-ryū",
		"sort": "Kumogakure-ryu",
		"japanese": "雲隠流",
		"translation": "The Hidden Cloud School",
		"description": "One of the nine <em>ryū</em> of the Bujinkan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kunai",
		"sort": "Kunai",
		"japanese": "苦無",
		"translation": "Pry Tool, Ninja Throwing Knife"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kunoichi",
		"sort": "Kunoichi",
		"japanese": "クノイチ",
		"description": "Female Ninja. Trained in hand-to-hand combat like their male counterparts, their main focus was manipulating the human psyche."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kunashi",
		"sort": "Kunashi",
		"japanese": "くなし",
		"translation": "Folding spade"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kuroi Ōkami",
		"sort": "Kuroi Okami",
		"japanese": "黒い狼",
		"translation": "Black Wolf",
		"description": "Name of the Wolfsburg Bujinkan <em>dōjō</em>, directed by Shidoshi Mario Plückhahn."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kusari",
		"sort": "Kusari",
		"japanese": "鎖",
		"translation": "chain"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kusari fundō",
		"sort": "Kusari fundo",
		"japanese": "鎖分銅",
		"description": "Short chain with two weights on the ends."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kusarigama",
		"sort": "Kusarigama",
		"japanese": "鎖鎌",
		"translation": "Sickle and Chain",
		"description": "A Japanese sickle (<em>kama</em>) with a weighted chain (<em>kusari</em>) attached to it."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ku shaku bō",
		"sort": "Ku shaku bo",
		"japanese": "九尺棒",
		"translation": "Nine shaku long staff",
		"description": "Extra long (2.73 m) stick weapon."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kuten",
		"sort": "Kuten",
		"japanese": "空転",
		"translation": "Air Turn"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kyobako fune",
		"sort": "Kyobako fune",
		"japanese": "きょ箱舟",
		"translation": "Boxboat",
		"description": "A wooden box covered with leather on the outside."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kyoketsu shoge",
		"sort": "Kyoketsu shoge",
		"japanese": "距跋渉毛",
		"description": "Favourite weapon of the Ninja. A knife with a hook, a four meter long rope attached to the handle and a steel ring at the end."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kyōsha",
		"sort": "Kyosha",
		"japanese": "恐者",
		"translation": "Anxious person",
		"description": "Principle of <em>gojō goyoku</em> based on exploiting cowardice."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kyōto",
		"sort": "Kyōto",
		"japanese": "京都",
		"description": "Ancient Japanese Imperial City."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kyū",
		"sort": "Kyu",
		"japanese": "級",
		"translation": "Rank Level, Class, Student Level"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kyū",
		"sort": "Kyu",
		"japanese": "弓",
		"translation": "Bow"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kyūjutsu",
		"sort": "Kyujutsu",
		"japanese": "弓術",
		"translation": "Bow Art",
		"description": "Samurai method of shooting with bows and arrows."
	},
	{
		"title": "Kyūdō",
		"sort": "Kyudo",
		"japanese": "弓道",
		"translation": "Path of the Arc",
		"description": "Sport developed from the martial <em>kyūjutsu</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ma",
		"sort": "Ma",
		"japanese": "間",
		"translation": "Space (Between), Gap, Interval, Space"
	},
	{
		"title": "Maai",
		"sort": "Maai",
		"japanese": "間合い",
		"translation": "interval, space, pause",
		"description": "Harmonic distance in time and space."
	},
	{
		"title": "Mae",
		"sort": "Mae",
		"japanese": "前",
		"translation": "Front forward, frontal"
	},
	{
		"title": "Mandala",
		"sort": "Mandala",
		"japanese": "曼荼羅",
		"description": "Schematic representation of the universe in an image in tantra and <em>mikkyō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Manriki gusari",
		"sort": "Manriki gusari",
		"japanese": "万力鎖",
		"translation": "A chain with the power of 10000",
		"description": "Chain with iron handles at the end."
	},
	{
		"title": "Mantra",
		"sort": "Mantra",
		"japanese": "真言",
		"translation": "True Words",
		"description": "Tantrism and Mikkyō sounds."
	},
	{
		"title": "Menkyo kaiden",
		"sort": "Menkyo kaiden",
		"japanese": "免許皆伝",
		"description": "Certificate of final mastery of a martial art. Given by the master to one or more students. Designates the owner as the legal heir of the style."
	},
	{
		"title": "Metsubushi",
		"sort": "Metsubushi",
		"japanese": "目潰し",
		"translation": "Destroy the Eye",
		"description": "Blend powder made from iron filings, sand, ash, or chemical substances that the Ninja could throw in the pursuer’s eyes during a pursuit."
	},
	{
		"title": "Mikkyō",
		"sort": "Mikkyo",
		"japanese": "密教",
		"translation": "Secret Doctrine",
		"description": "General term for various tantric teachings of Buddhism."
	},
	{
		"title": "Minamoto",
		"sort": "Minamoto",
		"japanese": "源",
		"description": "Name of a famous family (also Genji) that was at war with the Taira."
	},
	{
		"title": "Miyamoto Musashi",
		"sort": "Miyamoto Musashi",
		"japanese": "宮本武蔵",
		"description": "Japan’s most famous swordsman. Traveled the country for many years to improve his sword skills. Won more than 60 fights during this time. He founded the Niten-ichi-<em>ryū</em>, a sword fighting school , in which you fought with two swords at the same time. Shortly before his death he wrote his book <q>Gorin no Sho</q> (The Book of the Five Rings)."
	},
	{
		"title": "Mizu",
		"sort": "Mizu",
		"japanese": "水",
		"translation": "water"
	},
	{
		"title": "Mizu taimatsu",
		"sort": "Mizu taimatsu",
		"japanese": "水松炬",
		"description": "Torch that burns even in the rain."
	},
	{
		"title": "Mizugumo",
		"sort": "Mizugumo",
		"japanese": "水蜘蛛",
		"translation": "Water Spider",
		"description": "Tool used by the Ninja to walk across swamplands."
	},
	{
		"title": "Mizukaki",
		"sort": "Mizukaki",
		"japanese": "水掻き",
		"translation": "Swimfins"
	},
	{
		"title": "Mizu tsutsu",
		"sort": "Mizu tsutsu",
		"japanese": "水筒",
		"translation": "breathing tube"
	},
	{
		"title": "Mochizuki Chiyome",
		"sort": "Mochizuki Chiyome",
		"japanese": "望月千代女",
		"description": "Famous <em>kunoichi</em> who ran a network of <em>kunoichi</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Moku",
		"sort": "Moku",
		"japanese": "木",
		"translation": "wood"
	},
	{
		"title": "Mokuton jutsu",
		"sort": "Mokuton jutsu",
		"japanese": "木遁術",
		"translation": "Wood Escape Technique",
		"description": "Escape technique from <em>goton pō</em>, using wood as a means of escape."
	},
	{
		"title": "Mon",
		"sort": "Mon",
		"japanese": "紋",
		"translation": "Family Crest"
	},
	{
		"title": "Mono",
		"sort": "Mono",
		"japanese": "者",
		"translation": "Person"
	},
	{
		"title": "Mori",
		"sort": "Mori",
		"japanese": "森",
		"description": "Clan of Samurai. Were one of the families fighting for power in the <em>sengoku jidai</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Mudrā",
		"sort": "Mudrā",
		"japanese": "印相",
		"translation": "Hand signal",
		"description": "Hand positions from tantra and <em>mikkyō</em>, from which nine characters were adopted in <em>kuji in</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Mu",
		"sort": "Mu",
		"japanese": "武",
		"translation": "Warriorship, military",
		"description": "Also Bu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Musha shūgyō",
		"sort": "Musha shugyo",
		"japanese": "武者修業",
		"translation": "Warrior’s Wanderings",
		"description": "A method of teaching in which the warrior embarked on a long journey to improve himself. The adverse circumstances of such a journey formed the character and strengthened the spirit."
	},
	{
		"title": "Musubi bashigo",
		"sort": "Musubi bashigo",
		"japanese": "結び梯子",
		"translation": "Loop Ladder"
	},
	{
		"title": "Musubi nawa",
		"sort": "Musubi nawa",
		"japanese": "結び縄",
		"description": "Horsehair rope."
	},
	{
		"title": "Nagare",
		"sort": "Nagare",
		"japanese": "流れ",
		"translation": "Flowing Water",
		"description": "Principle of Softness."
	},
	{
		"title": "Nage",
		"sort": "Nage",
		"japanese": "投げ",
		"translation": "Throw, throw"
	},
	{
		"title": "Naginata",
		"sort": "Naginata",
		"japanese": "薙刀",
		"translation": "Sword to mow down enemies",
		"description": "Sword Lance"
	},
	{
		"title": "Nagishi-shuriken",
		"sort": "Nagishi-shuriken",
		"description": "Throwing star (<em>shuriken</em>) with flight stabilization tassel on end."
	},
	{
		"title": "Neko te",
		"sort": "Neko te",
		"japanese": "猫手",
		"translation": "Cat’s Claw",
		"description": "Pointed thimble. <em>kunoichi</em> weapon."
	},
	{
		"title": "Nihon",
		"sort": "Nihon",
		"japanese": "日本",
		"translation": "Origin of the Sun",
		"description": "Japan. Also <em>nippon</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Nin",
		"sort": "Nin",
		"japanese": "人",
		"translation": "human"
	},
	{
		"title": "Nin",
		"sort": "Nin",
		"japanese": "忍",
		"translation": "Endure, endure, endure, avoid",
		"description": "Also <em>shinobu</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ningu",
		"sort": "Ningu",
		"japanese": "忍具",
		"translation": "Ninja Tools"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ninja",
		"sort": "Ninja",
		"japanese": "忍者",
		"description": "Ninjutsu practitioner. Fighter, scout, spy, guerrilla and special agent of feudal medieval times."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ninja ken",
		"sort": "Ninja ken",
		"japanese": "忍者剣",
		"translation": "Ninja Sword",
		"description": "Also <em>Ninja tō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ninja tō",
		"sort": "Ninjato",
		"japanese": "忍者刀",
		"translation": "Ninja Sword",
		"description": "Also Ninja ken."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ninjutsu",
		"sort": "Ninjutsu",
		"japanese": "忍術",
		"translation": "Ninja martial arts",
		"description": "Collective term for all <em>ryū</em> practiced by the Ninja. Very often involving unconventional fighting techniques and secret fighting techniques."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ninjutsu ka",
		"sort": "Ninjutsu ka",
		"japanese": "忍術家",
		"translation": "Performer of Ninjutsu"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ninpō",
		"sort": "Ninpo",
		"japanese": "忍法",
		"translation": "Ninja Arts",
		"description": "Ninjutsu as a way of life. Ninpō goes beyond the purely technical side and also teaches a spiritual path."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ninpō inu bue",
		"sort": "Ninpo inu bue",
		"japanese": "忍法狗笛",
		"description": "The art of Ninja training animals."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ninpō mikkyō",
		"sort": "Ninpomikkyo",
		"japanese": "忍法密教",
		"description": "The secret teachings of the Ninja based on the <em>mikkyō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ninpō taijutsu",
		"sort": "Ninpotaijutsu",
		"japanese": "忍法体術",
		"description": "Unarmed Ninja combat. Also includes other physical aspects such as fall school."
	},
	{
		"title": "Nin shokudai",
		"sort": "Nin shokudai",
		"japanese": "忍燭台",
		"description": "L-shaped torch that could be hung."
	},
	{
		"title": "Nippon",
		"sort": "Nippon",
		"japanese": "日本",
		"translation": "Origin of the Sun",
		"description": "Japan. Also <em>nihon</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Nishina Daisuke",
		"sort": "Nishina Daisuke",
		"japanese": "仁科大介",
		"description": "Birth name of Togakure Daisuke, the founder of Togakure <em>ryū</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Nodachi",
		"sort": "Nodachi",
		"japanese": "野太刀",
		"translation": "Great War Sword",
		"description": "Very long swords (1-1.80 m) of the Samurai, which were usually carried by a servant."
	},
	{
		"title": "Nuki ashi",
		"sort": "Nuki ashi",
		"japanese": "貫足",
		"translation": "Silent Step"
	},
	{
		"title": "Nunchaku",
		"sort": "Nunchaku",
		"japanese": "双節棍",
		"description": "A weapon from the Kobudō, consisting of two pieces of wood attached to each other with a short chain or cord. It is highly questionable whether a Ninja ever used this weapon."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ō",
		"sort": "O",
		"japanese": "大",
		"translation": "Big"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ō ashi",
		"sort": "Oashi",
		"japanese": "大足",
		"translation": "Big step"
	},
	{
		"title": "Obi",
		"sort": "Obi",
		"japanese": "帯",
		"translation": "belt"
	},
	{
		"title": "Oda Nobunaga",
		"sort": "Oda Nobunaga",
		"japanese": "織田信長",
		"description": "Military dictator. Attempted to seize power in Japan in the <em>sengoku jidai</em>. Nobunaga was a ruthless general who occupied central Japan. He established a castle at Kyotō and used European firearms without hesitation. After his death, his generals succeeded in unifying Japan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ōgama",
		"sort": "Ogama",
		"japanese": "大鎌",
		"translation": "Big Sickle",
		"description": "Much larger battlefield version of the <em>kusarigama</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ōkami",
		"sort": "Okami",
		"japanese": "狼",
		"translation": "Wolf"
	},
	{
		"title": "Okinawa",
		"sort": "Okinawa",
		"japanese": "沖縄",
		"description": "Group of islands in southern Japan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Okuri ashi",
		"sort": "Okuri ashi",
		"japanese": "送り足",
		"translation": "Following step"
	},
	{
		"title": "Omyodo",
		"sort": "Omyodo",
		"japanese": "陰陽道",
		"translation": "Divination and Astrology"
	},
	{
		"title": "Oni",
		"sort": "Oni",
		"japanese": "鬼",
		"translation": "demon devil evil spirit"
	},
	{
		"title": "Onibi",
		"sort": "Onibi",
		"japanese": "鬼鼻",
		"translation": "Devil Mask",
		"description": "Used by the Ninja to terrify the enemy."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ono",
		"sort": "Ono",
		"japanese": "斧",
		"translation": "Battleaxe"
	},
	{
		"title": "Oni kudaki",
		"sort": "Oni kudaki",
		"japanese": "鬼砕",
		"translation": "Demon Destroyer",
		"description": "Leverage."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ono gama",
		"sort": "Ono gama",
		"japanese": "斧鎌",
		"translation": "Ax and Sickle",
		"description": "Combined weapon, battle ax and sickle."
	},
	{
		"title": "Onshin jutsu",
		"sort": "Onshin jutsu",
		"japanese": "隠身術",
		"translation": "The Art of Hiding",
		"description": "Art of the Ninja to hide, camouflage and render invisible."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ōten",
		"sort": "Oten",
		"japanese": "横転",
		"translation": "cartwheel"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ōzutsu",
		"sort": "Ozutsu",
		"japanese": "大筒",
		"translation": "Wooden Cannon"
	},
	{
		"title": "Rakusha",
		"sort": "Rakusha",
		"japanese": "楽者",
		"translation": "Comfortable person",
		"description": "Principle of <em>gojō goyoku</em> based on exploiting laziness."
	},
	{
		"title": "Rei",
		"sort": "Rei",
		"japanese": "礼",
		"translation": "Greeting, bow, thanks"
	},
	{
		"title": "Renzoku",
		"sort": "Renzoku",
		"japanese": "連続",
		"translation": "continuity, combination, concatenation"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ritsudō",
		"sort": "Ritsudo",
		"japanese": "律動",
		"translation": "rhythm, feeling"
	},
	{
		"title": "Roku shaku bō",
		"sort": "Roku shaku bo",
		"japanese": "六尺棒",
		"translation": "Six shaku long staff",
		"description": "The most common form of <em>bō</em>. Roku means six and <em>shaku</em> is a Japanese measure. The <em>roku shaku bō</em> is about 1.82m."
	},
	{
		"title": "Rōnin",
		"sort": "Ronin",
		"japanese": "浪人",
		"translation": "Wavemen",
		"description": "When a Samurai lost his master (Daimyō), he was masterless and roamed the country. Some hired themselves out as mercenaries, others became martial arts teachers, some became robbers and plundered farmers. "
	},
	{
		"title": "Ryū",
		"sort": "Ryu",
		"japanese": "流",
		"translation": "Subject, style, tradition"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ryūha",
		"sort": "Ryuha",
		"japanese": "流派",
		"translation": "School of a specialty, stiles, tradition",
		"description": "Longer form of <em>ryū</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sabaki",
		"sort": "Sabaki",
		"japanese": "捌き",
		"translation": "Body Movement"
	},
	{
		"title": "Sai",
		"sort": "Sai",
		"japanese": "釵",
		"description": "Weapon from the <em>kobudō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Saichō",
		"sort": "Saicho",
		"japanese": "最澄",
		"description": "Pseudonym for Dengyō Daishi."
	},
	{
		"title": "Saiga Magoichi",
		"sort": "Saiga Magoichi",
		"japanese": "雑賀孫一",
		"description": "Famous Ninja who had special skills with firearms and explosives. His men were good snipers."
	},
	{
		"title": "Saimin jutsu",
		"sort": "Saimin jutsu",
		"japanese": "催眠術",
		"translation": "Art of Hypnosis"
	},
	{
		"title": "Sake",
		"sort": "Sake",
		"japanese": "酒",
		"translation": "Sake (rice wine), alcohol"
	},
	{
		"title": "Sakki jutsu",
		"sort": "Sakki jutsu",
		"japanese": "察気術",
		"translation": "The art of guessing the ghost",
		"description": "Intuitive vision that allows the fighter to dodge a punch before it can be executed."
	},
	{
		"title": "Saku",
		"sort": "Saku",
		"japanese": "方円",
		"translation": "Keyhole",
		"description": "A battle formation from the <em>bōryaku</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Samurai",
		"sort": "Samurai",
		"japanese": "侍",
		"description": "Japanese warrior class."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sanmyaku",
		"sort": "Sanmyaku",
		"japanese": "山脈",
		"translation": "Mountain Range",
		"description": "Name of the official Bujinkan magazine."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sansa jutsu",
		"sort": "Sansa jutsu",
		"japanese": "散策術",
		"description": "Ninja running techniques."
	},
	{
		"title": "San shaku bō",
		"sort": "Sanshakubo",
		"japanese": "三尺棒",
		"translation": "Three shaku long staff",
		"description": "Stick that is three <em>shaku</em> long, about 91 cm. Another name is <em>hanbō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sashi ashi",
		"sort": "Sashi ashi",
		"japanese": "差し足",
		"translation": "Hidden Steps",
		"description": "Cross step."
	},
	{
		"title": "Satori",
		"sort": "Satori",
		"japanese": "悟り",
		"translation": "comprehension, understanding, enlightenment"
	},
	{
		"title": "Saya",
		"sort": "Saya",
		"japanese": "鞘",
		"translation": "Scabbard"
	},
	{
		"title": "Seii taishōgun",
		"sort": "Seii taishogun",
		"japanese": "征夷大将軍",
		"translation": "Shōgun to Subdue the Babarians",
		"description": "Initially the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Army, later shortened to <em>shōgun</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Seishin teki kyōyō",
		"sort": "Seishin-teki kyoyo",
		"japanese": "精神的教養",
		"translation": "Development of mind and intuition"
	},
	{
		"title": "Seiza no Kamae",
		"sort": "Seiza no Kamae",
		"japanese": "正座の構え",
		"translation": "The correct posture",
		"description": "Kneeling. Position (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sekigahara",
		"sort": "Sekigahara",
		"japanese": "関ヶ原",
		"description": "Small village in Mino province where Tokugawa Ieaysu achieved final victory over his enemies."
	},
	{
		"title": "Senban",
		"sort": "Senban",
		"japanese": "銛盤",
		"description": "Four-pointed throwing star (<em>shuriken</em>)."
	},
	{
		"title": "Senban shaken",
		"sort": "Senban shaken",
		"japanese": "銛盤捨剣",
		"description": "Throwing star (<em>shuriken</em>) with a hole in the middle."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sengoku jidai",
		"sort": "Sengoku jidai",
		"japanese": "戦国時代",
		"translation": "Warring States Period",
		"description": "1478-1577. Period of bloody civil wars in Japan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Senjō jutsu",
		"sort": "Senjojutsu",
		"japanese": "戦場術",
		"translation": "The Art of the War Site",
		"description": "Maneuvering troops."
	},
	{
		"title": "Senjutsu",
		"sort": "Senjutsu",
		"japanese": "戦術",
		"translation": "The Art of War",
		"description": "War strategy."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sennin",
		"sort": "Sennin",
		"japanese": "仙人",
		"translation": "Ascetic in the Wilderness"
	},
	{
		"title": "Sensei",
		"sort": "Sensei",
		"japanese": "先生",
		"translation": "Before Life",
		"description": "Teacher."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sha",
		"sort": "Sha",
		"japanese": "者",
		"translation": "Person"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shaken",
		"sort": "Shaken",
		"japanese": "車剣",
		"description": "Multi-Pronged Throwing Star (<em>shuriken</em>)."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shaku",
		"sort": "Shaku",
		"japanese": "尺",
		"description": "Measurement of length. A <em>shaku</em> is 30.3 cm (10/33 meters)."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shakujō",
		"sort": "Shakujo",
		"japanese": "錫杖",
		"translation": "Copper Rod",
		"description": "Priest’s staff with rings attached to the end, which were supposed to scare critters off the path as they ran. This allowed the Buddhist monks to observe the principle of non-killing."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shakuhachi",
		"sort": "Shakuhachi",
		"japanese": "尺八",
		"description": "Flute played by the komusō, exactly one shaku long with eight side holes."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shichi hō de",
		"sort": "Shichihode",
		"japanese": "七方出",
		"translation": "The Seven Ways of Walking",
		"description": "The seven traditional Ninja disguises."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shidōshi",
		"sort": "Shidoshi",
		"japanese": "指導士",
		"translation": "Pointing the Way Gentleman",
		"description": "Teacher of the Art of Enlightenment"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shiken haramitsu daikomyō",
		"sort": "Shiken haramitsu daikomyo",
		"japanese": "四拳波羅蜜大光明",
		"description": "Words spoken at the beginning of a training session. Very simplistic it means <q>We ask for protection and enlightenment</q>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shikomizue",
		"sort": "Shikomizue",
		"japanese": "仕込み杖",
		"translation": "Swordstock",
		"description": "Sword hidden in a staff."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shikoro",
		"sort": "Shikoro",
		"japanese": "錏",
		"description": "Thin wood saw."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shimabara no ran",
		"sort": "Shimabara no ran",
		"japanese": "島原の乱",
		"translation": "Shimabara Rebellion",
		"description": "Rebellion of the Christians 1637-1638 on the island of Shimabara, actually a peasant uprising, which was used to cause the persecution of Christians."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shime ashi",
		"sort": "Shime ashi",
		"japanese": "締め足",
		"translation": "Fixed Step"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shime waza",
		"sort": "Shime waza",
		"japanese": "絞め技",
		"translation": "strangleholds"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinai",
		"sort": "Shinai",
		"japanese": "竹刀",
		"translation": "Bamboo Sword",
		"description": "A sword made from several pieces of bamboo tied together and held together with leather and cords and tightened. Used in kendo."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinbō",
		"sort": "Shinbo",
		"japanese": "神棒",
		"translation": "God’s Staff",
		"description": "Fist weapon with middle finger ring."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinden-fudo-ryū",
		"sort": "Shinden-fudo-ryu",
		"japanese": "神伝不動流",
		"translation": "School of the Unmoved Heart",
		"description": "One of the nine <em>ryū</em> of the Bujinkan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shingitai",
		"sort": "Shingitai",
		"japanese": "心技体",
		"translation": "Heart, Technique, Body",
		"description": "One of the most important principles in martial arts."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi",
		"sort": "Shinobi",
		"japanese": "忍び",
		"translation": "Sneak in, spy on, enter by stealth, condone",
		"description": "Abbreviation of Ninja."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shingon",
		"sort": "Shingon",
		"japanese": "真言",
		"translation": "True Word School",
		"description": "Buddhist sect founded by Kōbō Daishi."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi bune",
		"sort": "Shinobi bune",
		"japanese": "忍び舟",
		"translation": "Secret Boat",
		"description": "Light, narrow boat."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi iri",
		"sort": "Shinobi iri",
		"japanese": "忍び入り",
		"translation": "Secret entry",
		"description": "Ninja techniques to move silently."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi kai",
		"sort": "Shinobi kai",
		"japanese": "忍び櫂",
		"translation": "Secret Paddle",
		"description": "Paddle hidden in bamboo stick."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi katana",
		"sort": "Shinobi katana",
		"japanese": "忍び刀",
		"translation": "Secret Sword",
		"description": "Sword of the Ninja."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi kenpō",
		"sort": "Shinobi kenpo",
		"japanese": "忍び剣法",
		"translation": "Secret Sword Methods",
		"description": "Swordsmanship of the Ninja."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi no buki",
		"sort": "Shinobi no buki",
		"japanese": "忍びの武器",
		"translation": "Secret War Tools",
		"description": "The Weapons of the Ninja."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi no jutsu",
		"sort": "Shinobi no jutsu",
		"japanese": "忍びの術",
		"translation": "Secret Art",
		"description": "Summary of the various arts of the Ninja under one heading."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi shobō",
		"sort": "Shinobishobo",
		"japanese": "忍び小棒",
		"translation": "Secret little staff",
		"description": "Handgun."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi shōzoku",
		"sort": "Shinobishozoku",
		"japanese": "忍び装束",
		"translation": "Secret Clothing Bundle",
		"description": "Dark combat suit of the Ninja. Light gray or white in winter."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi tantō",
		"sort": "Shinobitanto",
		"japanese": "忍び短刀",
		"translation": "Secret Short Sword",
		"description": "Dagger (Tantō) concealed in a staff."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi zue",
		"sort": "Shinobi zue",
		"japanese": "忍び杖",
		"translation": "Secret Staff",
		"description": "Hollow bamboo staff containing hidden weapons or blinding powder."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobi jutsu",
		"sort": "Shinobi jutsu",
		"japanese": "忍び術",
		"translation": "Secret Arts",
		"description": "Summary of the various arts of the Ninja under one heading."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinobu",
		"sort": "Shinobu",
		"japanese": "忍",
		"translation": "perseverance, forbearance, patience, self-control, endure, conceal, spy, sneak"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shintō",
		"sort": "Shinto",
		"japanese": "神道",
		"translation": "Way of the Gods",
		"description": "Japanese religion that sees higher spirits in all manifestations."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shishin ken",
		"sort": "Shishin ken",
		"japanese": "指針拳",
		"translation": "Finger needle fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shishi undō",
		"sort": "Shishiundo",
		"japanese": "四肢運動",
		"translation": "Movement of the four limbs",
		"description": "Motion of arms and legs."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shitō ken",
		"sort": "Shitoken",
		"japanese": "指刀拳",
		"translation": "Finger Sword Fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shitan ken",
		"sort": "Shitan ken",
		"japanese": "指端拳",
		"translation": "Finger Fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shizen no kamae",
		"sort": "Shizen no kamae",
		"japanese": "自然の構え",
		"translation": "Natural position",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shizentai",
		"sort": "Shizentai",
		"japanese": "自然体",
		"translation": "Natural Body",
		"description": "Relaxed, natural position."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shizen ken",
		"sort": "Shizen ken",
		"japanese": "自然拳",
		"translation": "Natural Weapons",
		"description": "Natural weapons of the body like shoulder, bodyweight, nails etc."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shō",
		"sort": "Sho",
		"japanese": "小",
		"translation": "Small"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shōten no jutsu",
		"sort": "Shoten no jutsu",
		"japanese": "上天の術",
		"translation": "The art of soaring into the sky"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shobō",
		"sort": "Shobo",
		"japanese": "小棒",
		"translation": "Small staff",
		"description": "Handgun."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shōgun",
		"sort": "Shogun",
		"japanese": "将軍",
		"translation": "General of the Troops",
		"description": "Japanese military commander."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shōtoku Taishi",
		"sort": "Shotoku Taishi",
		"japanese": "聖徳太子",
		"description": "Prince Regent (572-622). Said to have first used agents to learn the truth about disputes."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shugendō",
		"sort": "Shugendo",
		"japanese": "修験道",
		"translation": "The way to test yourself well",
		"description": "Esoteric teaching and ascetic form practiced primarily by the <em>yamabushi</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shu ken",
		"sort": "Shu ken",
		"translation": "beak fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shuki ken",
		"sort": "Shuki ken",
		"japanese": "手起拳",
		"translation": "elbow fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shukō",
		"sort": "Shuko",
		"japanese": "手鉤",
		"translation": "Hand Claw",
		"description": "Also Tekagi."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shuriken",
		"sort": "Shuriken",
		"japanese": "手裏剣",
		"translation": "Palm Blade",
		"description": "Ninja projectiles. They came in all shapes and sizes."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sodezutsu",
		"sort": "Sodezutsu",
		"japanese": "袖筒",
		"description": "Hand cannon."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sōhei",
		"sort": "Sohei",
		"japanese": "僧兵",
		"translation": "Buddhist Monk Warrior",
		"description": "Warrior monks and mercenaries employed by monasteries."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sōke",
		"sort": "Soke",
		"japanese": "宗家",
		"translation": "Head of family, founder",
		"description": "Head of a <em>ryū</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sokki ken",
		"sort": "Sokki ken",
		"japanese": "足起拳",
		"translation": "Kneebody Weapon"
	},
	{
		"title": "Sokuhō kaiten",
		"sort": "Sokuhokaiten",
		"japanese": "側方回転",
		"translation": "Side roll"
	},
	{
		"title": "Sokuhō ukemi",
		"sort": "Sokuhoukemi",
		"japanese": "側方受身",
		"translation": "Sidefall"
	},
	{
		"title": "Sugitani Zenjubo",
		"sort": "Sugitani Zenjubo",
		"japanese": "杉谷善住坊",
		"description": "Famous Ninja who assassinated Oda Nobunaga on May 19, 1570, but the two bullets only hit his shoulder poster."
	},
	{
		"title": "Sui",
		"sort": "Sui",
		"japanese": "水",
		"translation": "water"
	},
	{
		"title": "Suiren",
		"sort": "Suiren",
		"japanese": "水練",
		"translation": "Water Training",
		"description": "Stopping and moving underwater."
	},
	{
		"title": "Suitonjutsu",
		"sort": "Suitonjutsu",
		"japanese": "水遁術",
		"translation": "Water Escape Technique",
		"description": "Escape technique from <em>goton pō</em>, using water as a means of escape."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tabi",
		"sort": "Tabi",
		"japanese": "足袋",
		"translation": "Footmuff",
		"description": "Japanese toe socks. The big toe is separated from the other toes."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tachi",
		"sort": "Tachi",
		"japanese": "太刀",
		"translation": "Longsword",
		"description": "Sword similar to <em>katana</em>, usually more curved and carried on the battlefield. Ceremonially decorated and very elaborately crafted."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tai",
		"sort": "Tai",
		"japanese": "体",
		"translation": "Body, Health"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tai sabaki",
		"sort": "Tai sabaki",
		"japanese": "体捌き",
		"translation": "Dissolve Body",
		"description": "Trunk movement."
	},
	{
		"title": "Taihen jutsu",
		"sort": "Taihen jutsu",
		"japanese": "体変術",
		"translation": "The Art of Body Modification",
		"description": "Part of <em>taijutsu</em>, stances, postures, movements and falling techniques."
	},
	{
		"title": "Taijutsu",
		"sort": "Taijutsu",
		"japanese": "体術",
		"translation": "Body Art",
		"description": "Term for unarmed combat."
	},
	{
		"title": "Taikai",
		"sort": "Taikai",
		"japanese": "大会",
		"translation": "Great Encounter",
		"description": "Competition of fighters at events."
	},
	{
		"title": "Taira",
		"sort": "Taira",
		"japanese": "平",
		"description": "Name of a famous family (also Heike) that was at war with the Minamoto."
	},
	{
		"title": "Takagi-yōshin-ryū",
		"sort": "Takagi-yoshin-ryu",
		"japanese": "高木楊心流",
		"translation": "The School of the High Tree Willow Spirit",
		"description": "One of the nine <em>ryū</em> of the Bujinkan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Taka bashigo",
		"sort": "Taka bashigo",
		"japanese": "高梯子",
		"translation": "High Ladder"
	},
	{
		"title": "Takamatsu Toshitsugu",
		"sort": "Takamatsu Toshitsugu",
		"japanese": "高松寿嗣",
		"description": "Teacher of various Ninjutsu styles, master of Hatsumi Masaaki. One of the last true warriors. The collection of nine <em>ryū</em> is named <q>Bujinkan</q> in his honour."
	},
	{
		"title": "Takeda Shingen",
		"sort": "Takeda Shingen",
		"japanese": "武田信玄",
		"description": "Famous general (Daimyō) who fought a series of wars in <em>sengoku jidai</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tanagoko",
		"sort": "Tanagoko",
		"japanese": "掌",
		"translation": "palm",
		"description": "Palm Torch."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tanegashima",
		"sort": "Tanegashima",
		"japanese": "種子島",
		"translation": "matchlock, arquebus, arquebus"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tantō",
		"sort": "Tanto",
		"japanese": "短刀",
		"translation": "Small Sword",
		"description": "Dagger."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tantra",
		"sort": "Tantra",
		"sanskrit": "तन्त्र",
		"translation": "Tissue, continuum, context",
		"description": "Stream within Indian philosophy and religion, originally an esoteric form of Hinduism, later transferred to Tibetan Buddhism."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tanuki gakure",
		"sort": "Tanuki gakure",
		"japanese": "狸隠",
		"translation": "Hide like a raccoon",
		"description": "Ninja climbing technique for scaling trees and poles and hiding in high places."
	},
	{
		"title": "Taru ikada",
		"sort": "Taru ikada",
		"japanese": "樽筏",
		"translation": "Barrel Raft",
		"description": "Aquatic tool of the Ninja, consisting of two barrels in which you could put your feet and use a paddle to move across water surfaces. Also uki daru."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tatami",
		"sort": "Tatami",
		"japanese": "畳",
		"translation": "Rice Straw Mats",
		"description": "In Japan, these are used as floor coverings in houses or in <em>dōjō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tebukuro",
		"sort": "Tebukuro",
		"japanese": "手袋",
		"translation": "Handguard",
		"description": "The Ninja used this garment to cover his arms and hands."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tekagi",
		"sort": "Tekagi",
		"japanese": "手鉤",
		"translation": "Hand Claw",
		"description": "Also <em>shukō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tekken",
		"sort": "Tekken",
		"japanese": "鉄けん",
		"description": "Brass knuckles. Also <em>tekkō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tekkō",
		"sort": "Tekko",
		"japanese": "鉄甲",
		"description": "Brass knuckles. Also Tekken."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ten",
		"sort": "Ten",
		"japanese": "天",
		"translation": "sky"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tendai",
		"sort": "Tendai",
		"japanese": "天台",
		"translation": "Sky Base",
		"description": "Esoteric <em>mikkyō</em> Buddhist sect founded by Dengyō Daishi. Its center was on Hiei zan in Enryakuji Monastery."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tengū",
		"sort": "Tengu",
		"japanese": "天狗",
		"translation": "Heaven Dog",
		"description": "Mythical creatures from Japanese history. There are tengū with wings (<em>ko tengū</em>), with raven’s beaks (<em>karasu tengū</em>) or with long noses (<em>konsha tengū</em>). They were considered philanthropic, but sometimes devious and lived in the mountains. They are said to have been masters of the martial arts and are often regarded as teachers of a style."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tenmon",
		"sort": "Tenmon",
		"japanese": "天文",
		"translation": "Astronomy and Weather Science"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tennō",
		"sort": "Tenno",
		"japanese": "天皇",
		"translation": "Heavenly Emperor",
		"description": "Japanese Emperor."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tenugui",
		"sort": "Tenugui",
		"japanese": "手拭",
		"translation": "Handwraps",
		"description": "Cotton cloth used by the Ninja to make their mask."
	},
	{
		"title": "Teppō",
		"sort": "Teppo",
		"japanese": "鉄砲",
		"translation": "Pistol"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tessen",
		"sort": "Tessen",
		"japanese": "鉄扇",
		"translation": "Iron Fan"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tetsubishi",
		"sort": "Tetsubishi",
		"japanese": "鉄菱",
		"translation": "Iron Water Chestnut",
		"description": "Safflowers, which the Ninja threw on the ground in large numbers to prevent an opponent from pursuing."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tetsubō",
		"sort": "Tetsubo",
		"japanese": "鉄棒",
		"translation": "Iron Staff"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tō",
		"sort": "To",
		"japanese": "刀",
		"translation": "sword, knife"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tōami",
		"sort": "Toami",
		"japanese": "投網",
		"translation": "Throw Net",
		"description": "The Ninja could use it to trap his opponents."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tobi ashi",
		"sort": "Tobi ashi",
		"japanese": "跳び足",
		"translation": "Jump Step",
		"description": "Ninja stride."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tobi bashigo",
		"sort": "Tobi bashigo",
		"japanese": "跳び梯子",
		"description": "Ladder with hooks on the ends that could be thrown."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tobikunai",
		"sort": "Tobikunai",
		"japanese": "飛苦無",
		"description": "Tool for opening locked gates."
	},
	{
		"title": "Toda Shinryūken Masamitsu",
		"sort": "Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu",
		"japanese": "戸田真竜軒正光",
		"description": "Ninja master who was Takamatsu Toshitsugu’s teacher."
	},
	{
		"title": "Togakure Daisuke",
		"sort": "Togakure Daisuke",
		"japanese": "戸隠大助",
		"description": "Founder of the Togakure <em>ryū</em> who fled to the Iga region after losing a battle."
	},
	{
		"title": "Togakure-ryū",
		"sort": "Togakure-ryu",
		"japanese": "戸隠流",
		"translation": "The Hidden Door School",
		"description": "One of the nine <em>ryū</em> of the Bujinkan."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tōiri",
		"sort": "Toiri",
		"japanese": "とう入り",
		"description": "Strategy executed by the Ninja during peacetime, pre-emptively and primarily involving espionage."
	},
	{
		"title": "Toki",
		"sort": "Toki",
		"japanese": "登器",
		"translation": "Climbing Accessories"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tokugawa Ieyasu",
		"sort": "Tokugawa Ieyasu",
		"japanese": "徳川家康",
		"description": "Famous Daimyō who was allied with Oda Nobunaga. After the end of the <em>sengoku jidai</em>, he proclaimed himself shogun. His family ruled until 1868."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tōkyō",
		"sort": "Tokyo",
		"japanese": "東京",
		"translation": "Eastern Capital",
		"description": "Capital of Japan with 12 million inhabitants. Old name of the city was Edo."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tonki",
		"sort": "Tonki",
		"description": "Throwable missiles."
	},
	{
		"title": "Torinawa",
		"sort": "Torinawa",
		"japanese": "捕り縄",
		"translation": "Capture Stoke",
		"description": "Weapon of the Ninja consisting of a rope with a weight and a spike. It is used for entrapment and restraint."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tori no ko",
		"sort": "Tori no ko",
		"japanese": "鳥の子",
		"description": "Firecrackers."
	},
	{
		"title": "Toyotomi Hideyoshi",
		"sort": "Toyotomi Hideyoshi",
		"japanese": "豊臣秀吉",
		"description": "Japanese daimyo who was of non-noble descent. He was a general in Oda Nobunaga’s service. After his death, he unified Japan, but was betrayed by Tokugawa Ieyasu and his entire family was wiped out."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tsuba",
		"sort": "Tsuba",
		"japanese": "鍔",
		"translation": "Sword Guard",
		"description": "Attached to the sword, it protected the hand from sword blows."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tsubo giri",
		"sort": "Tsubo giri",
		"japanese": "壺錐",
		"description": "Drills for larger holes."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tsugi bune",
		"sort": "Tsugi bune",
		"japanese": "次舟",
		"translation": "Chasing Boat",
		"description": "Boat made of parts."
	},
	{
		"title": "Tsuki",
		"sort": "Tsuki",
		"japanese": "突き",
		"translation": "Blow, shove, slash, stab"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tsune ashi",
		"sort": "Tsune ashi",
		"japanese": "常足",
		"translation": "Normal Step"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tsuri bashigo",
		"sort": "Tsuri bashigo",
		"japanese": "吊梯子",
		"translation": "Hanging Ladder"
	},
	{
		"title": "Uchi",
		"sort": "Uchi",
		"japanese": "打ち",
		"description": "Stroke technique."
	},
	{
		"title": "Uchi dake",
		"sort": "Uchi dake",
		"japanese": "内竹",
		"translation": "Inside the bamboo",
		"description": "Bamboo container for embers. With this tool, the Ninja was able to create fire quickly."
	},
	{
		"title": "Uesugi Kenshin",
		"sort": "Uesugi Kenshin",
		"japanese": "上杉謙信",
		"description": "Japanese Daimyō who attempted to seize power in Japan during the <em>sengoku jidai</em>. Uesugi is reported to have died when he was in the <q>private room</q>. A Ninja waiting in the privy shaft is said to have killed him."
	},
	{
		"title": "Uke",
		"sort": "Uke",
		"japanese": "受",
		"translation": "Repel, defend, catch, receive"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ukemi",
		"sort": "Ukemi",
		"japanese": "受身",
		"translation": "Traps, trap school, trap practice"
	},
	{
		"title": "Uki daru",
		"sort": "Uki daru",
		"japanese": "浮き足る",
		"translation": "Floating Legs",
		"description": "Aquatic tool of the Ninja consisting of two barrels into which you could put your feet and use a paddle to move across water surfaces. Also <em>taru ikada</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Undō",
		"sort": "Undo",
		"japanese": "運動",
		"translation": "movement"
	},
	{
		"title": "Uwagi",
		"sort": "Uwagi",
		"japanese": "上着",
		"translation": "Suit jacket"
	},
	{
		"title": "Uzume bi",
		"sort": "Uzume bi",
		"japanese": "埋め火",
		"translation": "Buried Fire",
		"description": "Landmines."
	},
	{
		"title": "Wakizashi",
		"sort": "Wakizashi",
		"japanese": "脇差",
		"translation": "Short Sword",
		"description": "Samurai short sword. Used together with the <em>katana</em> for the <em>daishō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Wakizashi teppō",
		"sort": "Wakizashiteppo",
		"japanese": "脇差鉄砲",
		"description": "Concealed within a traditional short sword was a pistol that could fire one shot."
	},
	{
		"title": "Wakō",
		"sort": "Wako",
		"japanese": "倭寇",
		"description": "Japanese pirates who wreaked havoc in the Pacific. Hardly any <em>shōgun</em> could match their superiority. Many inventive weapons of the Ninja go back to the <em>wakō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Wari ashi",
		"sort": "Wari ashi",
		"japanese": "割り足",
		"translation": "Adaptive step",
		"description": "Ninja stride."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ya",
		"sort": "Ya",
		"japanese": "矢",
		"translation": "Arrow"
	},
	{
		"title": "Yamabushi",
		"sort": "Yamabushi",
		"japanese": "山伏",
		"translation": "Bergasket, wandering priest",
		"description": "Reclusive mountain hermits who followed <em>shugendō</em> philosophy."
	},
	{
		"title": "Yajiri",
		"sort": "Yajiri",
		"japanese": "鏃",
		"description": "Powerful saw. Tool of the Ninja."
	},
	{
		"title": "Yamidoko",
		"sort": "Yamidoko",
		"description": "Ninja aircraft. Also <em>hito washi</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Yang",
		"sort": "Yang",
		"chinese": "陽",
		"translation": "Licht, positiv, offen",
		"description": "Das positive Prinzip der Dualität Yin/Yang aus dem Daoismus. Die japanische Bezeichnung ist <q>yō</q>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Yari",
		"sort": "Yari",
		"japanese": "槍",
		"translation": "spear"
	},
	{
		"title": "Yawara",
		"sort": "Yawara",
		"japanese": "柔",
		"description": "Handgun."
	},
	{
		"title": "Yin",
		"sort": "Yin",
		"chinese": "陰",
		"translation": "Shadow, negative, hidden",
		"description": "The negative principle of yin/yang duality from Daoism. The Japanese term is <q>in</q>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Yinyang",
		"sort": "Yinyang",
		"chinese": "陰陽",
		"description": "The duality of light and shadow, good and evil, small and large. An important principle of Daoism. The Japanese term is <q>in</q>/<q>yō</q>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Yō",
		"sort": "Yo",
		"japanese": "陽",
		"translation": "Light, positive, open"
	},
	{
		"title": "Yoga",
		"sort": "Yoga",
		"sanskrit": "योग",
		"translation": "yoke, tie together, harness, harness",
		"description": "Indian body and spirit teachings, which includes a large number of subspecies. Each <q>path to enlightenment</q> in India is a <q>yoga path</q>. Through one of them - hatha yoga one achieves that the body in able to bend into incredible positions. Others include diet, meditation, and breathing."
	},
	{
		"title": "Yoko aruki",
		"sort": "Yoko aruki",
		"japanese": "横歩き",
		"translation": "Sidewalking"
	},
	{
		"title": "Yuki waraki",
		"sort": "Yuki waraki",
		"description": "Also Geta.",
		"japanese": "雪藁き",
		"translation": "Snow Straw"
	},
	{
		"title": "Yumi",
		"sort": "Yumi",
		"japanese": "弓",
		"translation": "Arc"
	},
	{
		"title": "Yon shaku bō",
		"sort": "Yon shaku bo",
		"japanese": "四尺棒",
		"translation": "Four shaku long staff",
		"description": "Stick that is four <em>shaku</em> long, about 1.21 m. Another name is <em>jō</em>."
	},
	{
		"title": "Zazen",
		"sort": "Zazen",
		"japanese": "座禅",
		"translation": "Seated Meditation",
		"description": "Remaining in a state of thoughtless, wide-awake awareness. Your thoughts are not focused on anything. This type of Buddhism dates back to the meditation of the Buddha before his awakening."
	},
	{
		"title": "Zen",
		"sort": "Zen",
		"japanese": "禅",
		"translation": "Sinking"
	},
	{
		"title": "Zenpō kaiten",
		"sort": "Zenpo kaiten",
		"japanese": "前方回転",
		"translation": "Vorwärtsrolle"
	},
	{
		"title": "Zenpō ukemi",
		"sort": "Zenpoukemi",
		"japanese": "前方受身",
		"translation": "Forward Fall"
	},
	{
		"title": "Zenpō geri",
		"sort": "Zenpo geri",
		"japanese": "前方蹴り",
		"translation": "Forward Kick"
	},
	{
		"title": "Atemite",
		"sort": "Atemite",
		"japanese": "当身手",
		"translation": "Hit the body with the hand",
		"description": "Another term for hitting the vital points and nerve centers."
	},
	{
		"title": "Bukkyō",
		"sort": "Bukkyo",
		"japanese": "仏教",
		"translation": "Buddhism"
	},
	{
		"title": "Han",
		"sort": "Han",
		"japanese": "藩",
		"translation": "Feudal Territory, Fiefdom, Province",
		"description": "The fief of a Daimyō."
	},
	{
		"title": "Dōkyō",
		"sort": "Dokyo",
		"japanese": "道教",
		"translation": "Daoism",
		"description": "Chinese philosophical doctrine that is often mistakenly confused with the Taoist religion. Taoism teaches an approach to nature and an understanding of the universe."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ninpō ikkan",
		"sort": "Ninpoikkan",
		"japanese": "忍法一貫",
		"translation": "Ninjutsu is the beginning and has no end"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ten ryaku no maki",
		"sort": "Ten ryaku no maki",
		"japanese": "天略の巻",
		"translation": "The Celestial Strategies Scroll."
	},
	{
		"title": "Ukemi gata taihen jutsu",
		"sort": "Ukemi gata taihen jutsu",
		"japanese": "受身体変術",
		"translation": "The Art of Rolling and Falling"
	},
	{
		"title": "Tai ken",
		"sort": "Tai ken",
		"japanese": "体拳",
		"translation": "Body Fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Soku yaku ken",
		"sort": "Soku yaku ken",
		"japanese": "足躍拳",
		"translation": "Forward Kick"
	},
	{
		"title": "Soku gyaku ken",
		"sort": "Soku gyaku ken",
		"japanese": "足逆拳",
		"translation": "Heel Kick"
	},
	{
		"title": "Happa ken",
		"sort": "Happa ken",
		"japanese": "八葉拳",
		"translation": "Eight-Leaf Fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shikan ken",
		"sort": "Shikan ken",
		"japanese": "指環拳",
		"translation": "Finger-Ring-Faust"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shako ken",
		"sort": "Shako ken",
		"japanese": "蝦蛄拳",
		"translation": "Crab Fist"
	},
	{
		"title": "Hōken juroppō",
		"sort": "Hoken juroppo",
		"japanese": "宝拳十六法",
		"translation": "Method of Sixteen Precious Fists"
	},
	{
		"title": "Hira no kamae",
		"sort": "Hira no kamae",
		"japanese": "平の構",
		"translation": "Flat position",
		"description": "Posture (<em>kamae</em>) from Ninjutsu."
	},
	{
		"title": "Shinken gata taihen jutsu",
		"sort": "Shinken gata taihen jutsu",
		"japanese": "真剣型体変術",
		"translation": "Real blade shape"
	},
	{
		"title": "Chi no kata",
		"sort": "Chi no kata",
		"japanese": "地の型",
		"translation": "Earth Form"
	},
	{
		"title": "Sui no kata",
		"sort": "Sui no kata",
		"japanese": "水の型",
		"translation": "Water Form"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ka no kata",
		"sort": "Ka no kata",
		"japanese": "火の型",
		"translation": "Fire Form"
	},
	{
		"title": "Fu no kata",
		"sort": "Fu no kata",
		"japanese": "風の型",
		"translation": "Wind Form"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kū no kata",
		"sort": "Ku no Kata",
		"japanese": "空の型",
		"translation": "Emptiness Form"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kūhen no kata",
		"sort": "Kuhen no kata",
		"japanese": "空変の型",
		"translation": "Empty Metamorphoses"
	},
	{
		"title": "Mae gaeshi",
		"sort": "Mae gaeshi",
		"japanese": "前返",
		"translation": "Forward Techniques"
	},
	{
		"title": "Yoko gaeshi",
		"sort": "Yoko gaeshi",
		"japanese": "横返",
		"translation": "Sideways Techniques"
	},
	{
		"title": "Sayū kaiten",
		"sort": "Sayukaiten",
		"japanese": "左右廻転",
		"translation": "Left-Right Roll"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ushiro gaeshi",
		"sort": "Ushiro gaeshi",
		"japanese": "後返",
		"translation": "Reverse Techniques"
	},
	{
		"title": "Ryūsui",
		"sort": "Ryusui",
		"japanese": "流水",
		"translation": "Flowing Water"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shihō tenchi tobi",
		"sort": "Shihotenchitobi",
		"japanese": "四方天地飛",
		"translation": "Jump in four directions, towards the sky and towards the earth"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shōten jutsu",
		"sort": "Shotenjutsu",
		"japanese": "昇天術",
		"translation": "The art of soaring into the sky"
	},
	{
		"title": "Hokō jutsu",
		"sort": "Hokojutsu",
		"japanese": "歩行術",
		"translation": "The art of walking correctly"
	},
	{
		"title": "Soshin sosoku hō",
		"sort": "Soshinsosokuho",
		"japanese": "早心早速法",
		"translation": "Methods of moving fast"
	},
	{
		"title": "Hyōjō hokō",
		"sort": "Hyojo hoko",
		"japanese": "氷上歩行",
		"translation": "Go on ice"
	},
	{
		"title": "Muon no hō",
		"sort": "Muon no ho",
		"japanese": "無音の法",
		"translation": "Methods of Silence"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shizen gyōunryūsui",
		"sort": "Shizengyounryusui",
		"japanese": "自然行雲流水",
		"translation": "Go naturally with the tide"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kihon happō gata",
		"sort": "Kihonhappogata",
		"japanese": "基本八法型",
		"translation": "The Eight Basic Shapes"
	},
	{
		"title": "Kosshi kihon sanpō",
		"sort": "Kosshikihonsanpo",
		"japanese": "骨指基本三法",
		"translation": "The three basic striking techniques"
	},
	{
		"title": "Torite kihon gata go hō",
		"sort": "Toritekihongatagoho",
		"japanese": "捕手基本型五法",
		"translation": "The Five Hand Lever Techniques"
	},
	{
		"title": "Sanshin no kata",
		"sort": "Sanshin no kata",
		"japanese": "三心の型",
		"translation": "Three Heart Shape"
	},
	{
		"title": "Shoshin go gata",
		"sort": "Shoshin go gata",
		"japanese": "初心五型",
		"translation": "Beginner Mind Five Forms"
	},
	{
		"title": "Gogyō no kata",
		"sort": "Gogyo no kata",
		"japanese": "五行の型",
		"translation": "Five Motion Shape"
	},
	{
		"title": "Goshin no kata",
		"sort": "Goshin no kata",
		"japanese": "梧心の型",
		"translation": "Phoenix tree heart shape"
	}
]
