- o 大・おお
- big, also dai
- obi 帯・おび
- belt
- ocha お茶・おちゃ
- tea
- ohayo gozaimasu おはようございます
- “Good morning” (when entering the dojo)
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- oitsuki 追い突き・おいつき
- strike with same arm and foot forward
- okuriashi 送足
- sliding forward (c.f. ayumiashi)
- omote 表・おもて
- front; surface; cf. ura
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- onegai shimasu お願いします・おねがいします
- please (train with me/teach me); asking for something
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- osae 押え・おさえ
- press down, pinning
- O-Sensei 翁先生・おうせんせい
- great teacher, in Aikido Morihei Ueshiba
- otagai ni rei お互いに礼・おたがいにれい
- bow to each other
- otoshi 落とし・おとし
- drop
- oyasumi nasai お休みなさい・おやすみなさい
- “good night”
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- oyowaza 応用技・おうようわざ
- applied techniques; modified techniques for efficiency