White belts are not required to know these advanced vocabulary words for promotion to yellow belt.
A reminder on pronunciation:
| Half-moon step | Hangetsu |
| Interpreting applications of techniques | Bunkai |
| Senior student | Sempai |
| Symbol commonly used for Okinawan martial arts | Mitsudomoe |
| Ten thousand (number) | Man |
| Student | Gakusei |
| Senior student | Sempai |
| First degree black belt | Shyodan |
| Interpreting applications of techniques | Bunkai |
| Six-foot wooden staff | Bo |
| Three-pronged metal Okinawan weapon | Sai |
| Wooden handle of a millstone | Tonfa (also Tsuifa) |
| Traditional Okinawan sickle weapon | Kama |
| Weapons practice | Kobudo |
| Padded board for punching practice | Makiwara |
| Head | Atama |
| Eye | Me |
| Yes | Hai (or Haa when being very polite) |
| No | Iye (or Iya when being very polite) |
| Basics, fundamentals | Kihon |
| Turn around | Mawatte |
| Nice to meet you | Hajime mashte |
| Center of the body | Tanden |
| Understood | Wakarimashta |
| Meditation | Zazen |