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do·jo  (dj)
n. pl. do·jos
A school for training in Japanese arts of self-defense, such as judo and karate.

[Japanese dj : d, art; see aikido + j, place (from Middle Chinese driang, trhiang).]

dojo [ˈdəʊdʒəʊ]
n pl -jos
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Martial Arts (other than Judo & Karate) & Combat Sports) a room or hall for the practice of martial arts
[from Japanese dōjō Buddhist seminary, from Sanskrit bodhi-manda seat of wisdom]


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Karate dojos, where people can go to learn and train in this martial art, have cropped-up all around the world.
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