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judo

UK/ˈd͡ʒuːdəʊ/ US/ˈd͡ʒudoʊ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō, literally “the soft way”).

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