karate
kar·ate BrE [kəˈrɑːti] NAmE [kəˈrɑːti] noun uncountable
a Japanese system of fighting in which you use your hands and feet as weapons
•a karate chop (= a blow with the side of the hand)
Word Origin:
[karate] Japanese, from kara ‘empty’  te ‘hand’.
Example Bank:
•She has a brown belt in karate.
•a 34-year-old karate black belt
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