For example, for the kata 飛鳥 Hichō, Hatsumi Sensei added the parenthetical note (飛蝶). It is also pronounced Hichō, but has a different meaning. It means flying butterfly, but more specifically the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus.

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