Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jodo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: jo-do
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords.

Uncountable

noun

Synonym of pure land: the various realms of the buddhas and boddhisattvas.

Uncountable

name

Synonym of Pure Land: a sect of Buddhism and its primary afterlife, the seat of the Amida Buddha.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of jodo: any of various other pure lands.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Every Saturday after the karate class there was a jodo class (not judo, but jodo—the way of the short staff)."
"...zealous persons, chiefly the followers of the Sect of Siodo..."
"The Jō-do-shū, or Pure Land sect."
"In 1579, the two great sects of Nichiren and Jōdo held a great discussion upon religious subjects."
"In the far off West there is said to be the home of Amida... He is free from the chain of transmigration and enjoys a conscious and happy immortality in ‘Jodo’,—that is, in the Pure Land."
"The Jōdo appeals naturally more to plebeian requirements because of the simpleness of its faith and teaching."

Etymology

A borrowing of Japanese 杖道 (jōdō, literally “way of the staff”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 杖道, 浄土

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

jo

Synonyms

jojutsu pure land

Questions

What does jodo mean?: A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords.
Where does jodo come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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