[quote]Varqanir wrote:
I am going to take a stab at the etymology of Karado’s username. I am going to guess that he is a practitioner of the martial arts, namely karate and judo, and his username is a combination of the names of these arts.
What is interesting to note is that the kanji characters forming these two words, kara-te and juu-dou literally mean “empty hand” and “gentle way”. The final character in the word judo, also pronounced michi, can also refer to a path, trail, or street.
Combining kara with do therefore yields a literal meaning of “empty way” or, perhaps more appropriately, “empty street”.
So whenever I see Karado’s username, I visualize a dark, lonely, deserted road, perhaps with a tumbleweed or two whistling by.
Prediction: Karado will now come back with a riposte that insults 1) my own username, 2) my intelligence, and/or 3) my masculinity. Let’s see how long it takes. [/quote]
outstanding!