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JUJITSU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jujitsu mean?
• JUJITSU (noun)
The noun JUJITSU has 1 sense:
1. a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength
Familiarity information: JUJITSU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("jujitsu" is a kind of...):
martial art (any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport)
Domain region:
Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
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