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Mae Mawari Ukemi

Or Zenpō Kaiten Ukemi (前方回転受身): Forward roll – a Judo breakfall

Type
Breakfalls and rolls
Martial arts
Judo
Japanese
前回り受身
Meaning
Or Zenpō Kaiten Ukemi (前方回転受身): Forward roll
Listed in
Ukemi (Kodokan judo), Ukemi (judo techniques)

Kanji in 前回り受身

in front, before
on: ゼン
kun: まえ、-まえ
9 strokes · JLPT 4
-times, round, game
on: カイ、エ
kun: まわ.る、-まわ.る、-まわ.り、まわ.す
6 strokes · JLPT 3
accept, undergo, answer (phone)
on: ジュ
kun: う.ける、-う.け、う.かる
8 strokes · JLPT 2
somebody, person, one's station in life
on: シン
kun: み
7 strokes · JLPT 2

The name word by word

Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
Mae前まえin front (of); before (e.g. a building)
Mawari
Ukemi受身うけみthe defensive

Other Judo breakfalls and rolls

; kanji data KANJIDIC2 and KanjiVG. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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