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dojo¹

  • /ˈdəʊdʒəʊ/ UK
  • [ˈdəʊ̯d͡ʒəʊ̯] UK
  • /ˈdoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/ US
  • [ˈdoʊ̯ˌd͡ʒoʊ̯] US

Rhymes with -əʊdʒəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 道場 (dōjō, literally “place of the ways”). Doublet of dojang.

noun dojos · dojo · dōjō

  1. A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training. I was to be there [Helsinki, Finland] for over two weeks; and because a hotel room affords a rather awkward place of practice, I went looking for a dojo. Finally after hearing rumors of dojos from various citizens I turned to the equivalent of Helsinki's Yellow Pages. There I found listed, under Mei
  2. broadly A room or other facility used for other activities, such as meditation or software development. Earlier dojos were known as homebrew clubs. [...] In Silicon Valley, a dojo is defined as a do-ocracy where people come together based on shared interests and passions, such as coding and robotics. [...] David Crawley, a semiconductor physicist and founder of Hacker Dojo Robotics, shared with me tha
  3. Synonym of dohyo (“the ring in which a sumo wrestling match is held”). In this class of truck it’s all about torque, and the Hilux has that in spades. [...] Its traction control stamps the ground with the immovable authority of a sumo wrestler entering the dojo.

    Similar: dohyo

dojo²

  • /ˈdəʊdʒəʊ/ UK
  • [ˈdəʊ̯d͡ʒəʊ̯] UK
  • /ˈdoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/ US
  • [ˈdoʊ̯ˌd͡ʒoʊ̯] US

Rhymes with -əʊdʒəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 泥鰌 (dojō, “pond loach”).

noun

  1. The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a freshwater fish native to East Asia. The head of the dojô is small, the mouth is surrounded by six or eight barbules as is the case with several species of fish which inhabit muddy streams. [...] A microscopic examination showed them [the barbules] to be rich in muscular fibres for movement, and through the centre run a thick bundle of

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dōjō, dojocho, mcdojo, dancehall, dancery, dart, dungeon, dogi, dance hall, dance school, dess, tankdrome, toku-dawara, 'drome, yard dart, domdaniel

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noun training facility in martial arts

Españoldojo
한국어도장 dojang
日本語道場 dōjō
中文武術館 /武术馆 wǔshùguǎn, 武館 /武馆 wǔguǎn
Portuguêsdojo, dojô
Françaisdojo
DeutschDojo
Italianodojo
Ελληνικάντότζο ntótzo
Русскийдодзё dodzjó
Tiếng Việtvõ đường, đạo trường

noun pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)

한국어미꾸리 mikkuri
日本語泥鰌 dojō
中文泥鰍 /泥鳅 níqiū

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@misc{dojo_2026,
  title = {dojo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dojo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}