ryu
ryu noun: a Japanese school of a specific discipline, usually martial arts.
Noun
ryu (plural ryu or ryus)
- A Japanese school of a specific discipline, usually martial arts.
- When Nakanishi became the headmaster of his own ryu, in the later 1700s, he began looking for a way to make swordsmanship less hazardous, concentrating on the improvement of practice equipment.1982 April, Dave Lowry, “Jutsu and Do: The Art and the Way; Part II”, in Black Belt, page 37, column 2
- In these ways, the ryu system differed little from the European custom of apprenticeship. The Japanese ryu were distinctive, however, in that an imparting of the mechanics of the craft, the shoden and chuden (“first and second stages of teachings”), were considered to be only a partial aspect of a...1985, Dave Lowry, Autumn Lightning: The Education of an American Samurai, Boston, Mass.: Shambhala Publications, Inc., published 2013, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- ryuha
Proper noun capitalized: Ryu
Ryu (plural Ryus)
ryu meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
ryu in Hindi
- रयू, रयु
ryu in Tamil
- ரியு
ryu in Marathi
- रयू, रयु
ryu in Bengali
- রিয়ু
More languagesFewer languages
- ryu in Telugu
- రియు
- ryu in Malayalam
- റിയു, റയൂ
- ryu in Kannada
- ರಯು
- ryu in Gujarati
- રયુ
- ryu in Odia
- ରିଯ଼ୁ
- ryu in Nepali
- रयू, रयु
Examples of ryu in a sentence
- In these ways, the ryu system differed little from the European custom of apprenticeship.1985, Dave Lowry, Autumn Lightning: The Education of an American Samurai, Boston, Mass.: Shambhala Publications, Inc., published 2013...
- Dave notes that the only people capable of such precise destruction were bone-breakers from an ancient Japanese ryu.1986, Kirtland C. Peterson, Mind of the Ninja: Exploring the Inner Power, Chicago, Ill.: Contemporary Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 12:
- Numerous instructors have trained in a traditional Japanese ryu, but few have progressed to the oku level—they may not even be aware of the existence of such a thing.1987, Fredrick J. Lovret, The Way And The Power: Secrets Of Japanese Strategy, Paladin Press, →ISBN, pages 20–21:
- In today’s Japan, to receive this title, you must have the rank of godan or above in that ryu.1995, Darrell Max Craig, Japan’s Ultimate Martial Art: Jujitsu Before 1882; The Classical Japanese Art of Self-Defense, →ISBN, page 166:
Synonyms of ryu
Forms of ryu
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ryu |
| plural | ryus |
| alternative form | ryū |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Ryus |
Origin of ryu
From Japanese 流(りゅう) (ryū), mainly an affix, used here in the sense of 流派(りゅうは) (ryūha).
Romanization * From Japanese 竜(りゅう) (Ryū). Doublet of Long and Yong. * From Korean 류 (ryu), derived from 柳 or 劉. Congate with Yoo. Doublet of Liu.
Questions about ryu
- What does ryu mean?
- Ryu means a Japanese school of a specific discipline, usually martial arts.
- What is ryu in Hindi?
- Ryu in Hindi is रयू, रयु. See Ryu meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ryu in a sentence?
- In these ways, the ryu system differed little from the European custom of apprenticeship.
- What part of speech is ryu?
- Ryu can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of ryu?
- The plural of ryu is ryu.
Words near ryu in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ryu (page history and authors); Ryu (page history and authors); ryu (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ryu (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ryu (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ryu (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ryu (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ryu (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ryu (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ryu (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ryu (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ryu (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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