ka·ra·te
 karate
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History
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a method of weaponless self-defense, based on strategically placed hard blows with the elbows or the edges of hands or feet.
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Karate is a Japanese word that means "empty or bare hand."