Judo move roots

Japanese roots for judo moves

O

Great

Ko

small

Soto

Outside/outer side

Uchi

Inside/inner side

Gari

Reap (as in cutting something with a sickle)

Gake

Hanging into/onto or hooking

Koshi/Goshi

Waist or hip

Uki

Floating/hovering/bopping up

Gatame/Katame

Hold

Guruma

wheel

Hiza

Knee

Ashi

Leg/foot

Sasae

Support (in the sense of holding something midair)

Tsuri

Fishing (in the sense of pulling something up like a fishing pole)

Komi

Into something

Tsuri-komi

To lure/pull something in

Seoi

to carry, to shoulder

Otoshi

Drop (tori drops his center of mass as part of the throw in a certain way)

Tai

Body

Tani

Valley

Nage

Throw

Morote

two handed

Ippon

One thing or single something

Jime/Shime

to choke or strangle

Juji

Cross

Harai/Barai

sweeping action with the leg or foot

De

Front/frontal

Sumi

Corner

Tomoe

Japanese whirling symbol, like water whirl

Yoko

side

Maki

Wrap

Mata

Thigh

Hane

Snapping open

Waza

technique

Ura

Backward

Sode

Sleeve

Ushiro

Behind

Kata

Sholder

Okuri

Sending something

Kesa

Scarf

Kami

Upper

Kuzure

modified

Ushiro

Reversed

Hadaka

naked, bare

Eri

Lapel

Sankaku

Triangle

Ude

Arm

Okuri

Sliding

Te

Hand