Japanese Term

Batto-jutsu
A sword-drawing art that includes cutting rolled straw targets
Bo-jutsu
Staff fighting
Budo
Martial or Fighting Arts
Bushido
The Way of the Warrior
Chokuto
Straight sword used in Japan's early history
Daimyo
Feudal landowner
Daisho
Samurai's two swords (one long - katana, one short - wakizashi)
Edo Period
1600 - 1867 when Tokugawa government ruled Japan
Giri
Samurai's duty
Gunpai
War fan
Hakama
Divided skirt-pants Samurai wore
Heian Period
782 - 1184 when Japan's capital was located in Kyoto
Iai-jutsu
Art of Drawing the Sword
Kamakura Period
1185 - 1332 when the capital of Japan was in Kamakura. Known as the "golden age" of the Japanese sword.
Kampaku
Regent
Katana
Long sword
Ken
Sword - refers specifically to an ancient, two-edge sword made before the ninth century
Ken-jutsu
Art of the Sword
Koto
Swords made before the Edo Period
Kyo-jutsu
Bow and arrow fighting
Kyuba no michi
The Way of the Horse and Bow
Kyu-jutsu
Japanese archery
Mei
Name of a sword
Momoyana Period
1573 - 1599 when Samurai began wearing daisho. Also beginning of the Shinto (new sword) period.
Mon
Family crest worn on montsuki
Montsuki
Kimono top Japanese wore at formal occasions
Muramasa
Sword maker
Muromachi Period - 1392 - 1572 when constant civil wars greatly increased the production of swords.
Musha-shugyo
Warrior pilgrimage
Naginata
Long pole with curved blade on one end
Naginata-jutsu
Way of the Naginata
Nambokucho Period
1333 - 1391 when two emperors were vying for power in Japan
No-dachi
Long sword
Ronin
Master-less Samurai
Ryu
Particular school or style of martial arts
Samurai
Member of the warrior class
Sensei
Teacher
Seppuku
Ritual suicide
Shin Shinto
"New New Sword" - any sword made after Meiji Restoration (1870)
Shinto
"New Sword" - any sword made between 1596 and 1870
Shogun
Barbarian subduing General (war lord)
So-jutsu
Spear fighting
Sohei
Warrior monks
Tachi
Long, deeply curved sword that mounted Samurai used in ancient Japan
Uchigatana
"Inside sword" - a term for the longer of two swords Samurai wore
Wakizashi
Short sword
Zanshin
Samurai's sensing danger