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Okay,first off:I am not really someone who studies japanese or is a native
speaker but I am doing karate1 for some years and I hear some words or phrases
here and there.There is one common saying from Shoshin Nagamine:

> Once when asked for a brief definition of a good Karate person, Osensei
> Shoshin Nagamine replied: **Kisshu fushin, Oni te hotoke kokoro.** A demon's
> hand, a saint's heart.

This is mostly abbreviated with Kisshu fushin.As per online tools,there are no
translations available that would explain this. As far as I can see, "Oni te
hotoke kokoro" would pretty much mean "Demon with the spirit of a saint"(as I
know that Onis are some sort of japanese demons and the rest of it got
translated to somewhat related things).But what does Kisshu fushin stand for?

Plus:explaining the whole sentence would be very nice ;)

1) I hope that you are not tired of explaining language to some ordinary
karateguy :D
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translation meaning
Kisshu fushin actual meaning
"Kishu busshin" and "Oni te hotoke kokoro" mean the same thing. The first uses
Sino-Japanese pronunciations which might be hard to understand if you're
hearing the word for the first time. The second uses native Japanese
pronunciations, which would be easier to understand for a Japanese speaker. It
would be like saying some complicated word formed from Latin roots and then
explaining its etymology in everyday English.
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