• Bokken / Bokuto - wooden sword used for kata
  
  Shinai - Bamboo practice sword
• Sakigawa - leather tip
• Nakayui - leather strap tied at the upper one third of the shinai
• Tsuru - yellow string which runs along the back of the shinai
• Tsuba - hand guard
• Tsukagawa - leather handle cover
  
  Bogu - protective gear
• Men - head/face protector
• Men gane - metal grill over face
• Men tare - flaps/ shoulder protection
• Tsuki tare - throat protector
• Kote - hand and wrist protector
• Do - chest and torso protector
• Tare - waist, thigh and groin protector

Himo - strings on kendo bogu - men himo, do himo etc.
Zekken - tare cover with name tag
Keiko gi / do gi - Kendo top jacket
Hakama - wide skirt-like pants