- dai 大・だい
- big, also o
- daisho 大小・だいしょう
- sword pair, the long and the short sword
- daitai 大腿・だいたい
- thigh; also called momo
- daitaikotsu 大腿骨・だいたいこつ
- femur; thighbone
- Daito ryu 大東流・だいとうりゅう
- aikijutsu school
- dame だめ
- wrong, bad
- dan 段・だん
- level, black belt grade in budo
- deshi 弟子・でし
- student
- do 道・どう
- way, also michi
- dogi 道着・どうぎ
- training dress, also keikogi
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- dojo 道場・どうじょう
- training hall
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- dojo cho 道場長・どうじょうちょう
- head of a training hall
- doka 道歌・どうか
- poem about the way
- domo どうも
- much
- domo arigato gozaimasu どうもありがとうございます
- thank you so much, for something going on
- domo arigato gozaimashita どうもありがとうございました
- thank you so much, for something completed
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- dori/tori 取り・とり
- take, catch, grab
- dosa 動作・どうさ
- movement
- Doshu 道主・どうしゅ
- Leader of the Way; a term designating the leader of a school or group, martial or otherwise. In the case of Aikido, the first Doshu was founder Morihei Ueshiba. The second Doshu was Kisshomaru Ueshiba. The Third Doshu is Moriteru Ueshiba, grandson of the founder.
- dozo どうぞ
- please/by all means
