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# karate

noun (karate; uncountable)

«karate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A Japanese martial art and sport in which people fight using hands, feet, elbows and knees, with strikes, kicks and blocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karate/#m1)
2. The skills and training of this sport, with coloured belts showing levels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karate/#m2)

### In the lessons

Many children do karate after school; it teaches discipline, fitness, respect and self-defence. Belts go from white up to black. In stories, a karate expert can be a hero or a comic show-off. Safety: karate is practised with rules, a teacher and control; you should never use moves to hurt people for fun. Phrases: «do karate», «a karate class», «karate chop», «karate kid», «black belt in karate».

### Examples

- I do karate on Tuesdays and Thursdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karate/#x1)
- She got her yellow belt in karate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karate/#x2)
- Our karate teacher says respect comes first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karate/#x3)
- He pretended to do a karate chop on the cardboard box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karate/#x4)
- Karate came from Okinawa in Japan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karate/#x5)
- You bow when you enter the karate hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karate/#x6)
- Karate is for self-defence, not for starting fights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karate/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: «do karate», not «play karate» and not «a karate». Pronounced ka-RAH-tee in English. The person is a «karateka» (rare) or just «someone who does karate». Not the same as judo (throws and holds) or taekwondo (a Korean martial art with many kicks).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «karate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«karate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/karate.html) on Mova free.