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Definition of Shotokan noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Shotokan

noun

/ˈʃəʊtəʊkɑːn/

/ˈʃəʊtəʊkɑːn/

[uncountable] (from Japanese)

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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Shotokan is used before these nouns:
karate
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Word OriginJapanese, from shō ‘right, true’ + to ‘way’ + kan ‘mansion’.

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