Definitions for kendo

kendo ken·do

Spelling: [ken-doh]
IPA: /ˈkɛn doʊ/

Kendo is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in kendo (dekno).

Definitions for kendo

noun

  1. a Japanese form of fencing using bamboo staves, with the contestants wearing head guards and protective garments.

Origin of kendo

1920-25; Japanese kendō, from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese jiàn “sword” + dào “way”; cf. Bushido, judo, Tao

Examples for kendo

kendo shouted to us to go on and not stop for anything; a piece of advice we saw the wisdom of following.

A kendo, the insignia of chieftainship here, had been procured from the Shimba people, from whose country the kendo comes.

We accordingly asked kendo to allow some of his people to assist us in digging a grave.

Prince kendo complimented us, and evidently looked upon us as great hunters.

So, at every step the king made the kendo rang, and at last Olenda stood before me.

Every day Olenda beats his kendo; every day he comes to get a look at me.

The kendo was ringing, and no one can possess or ring a kendo but a king.

kendo pointed it out to Charley and me, and entreated us to jump in, observing as he did so: “Wife dare.”

kendo and his wife—wisely, I think—determined not to go to England.

The kendo is the symbol of royalty in most of the tribes of this part of the interior of Africa.

Word Value for kendo
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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