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Ukes

The training partner against whom tori performs a move.

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noun
  1. 1

    The training partner against whom tori performs a move.

  2. 2

    (Japanese fiction) A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom.

noun
  1. 1

    A small four-stringed guitar.

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ukulelenounA small four-stringed guitar.
carollingverbA singing of carols.
woodsheddingverb"Woodshedding", or shedding, is a term commonly used to describe the act of practicing some endeavor, usually in private, to improve one's proficiency in performing it.
descantverb(intransitive) To discuss at length.
liltedverb(intransitive) To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
strummingverbThe action of the verb to strum
teddybearsverb
buskedverbWearing a busk.
singverb(intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
tootledverb(intransitive, colloquial) To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.
fingerpickingverb(music) The plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers
wristnoun(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
handnounThe part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
chordnoun(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
fretverb(transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
strumnoun(ambitransitive) To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.
timnounA diminutive of the male given names Timothy or Timon (rare).
twangnounThe sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
aggressornounThe person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
attackernounSomeone who attacks.

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