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Dojo

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means a hall or space used for practicing martial arts
1
Stage 1 of 2
do + jo
Japanese · medieval
"a place of the way"
combining "do" (way) and "jo" (place), originally a Buddhist training hall
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Stage 2 of 2
dojo
English · 1900s
"a hall for practicing martial arts"
adopted through the spread of Japanese martial arts
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