popular sumo noun noun (generic)
- second highest division, wrestlers of the second highest division
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) sumo
- rope, cord, line
- grand champion's braided belt
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation sumo prefix
- departure, setting off, start
- being used up, being consumed, being burnt out
- passage of time, lapse
- rehearsal
- leading male role in kabuki
- rising from a crouch to charge, initial charge, faceoff
- verb prefix conveying emphasis and sometimes formality
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb sumo
- to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze
- to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk
- to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice)
- to extort, to exploit
- to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke
- to drill into, to train
- to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down
- to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring)
- to stop down (lens)
- to turn down (e.g. radio)
- to bend (bow), to draw
- to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize
popular sumo noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- mawashi, belt, loincloth
- mantle, cape
- gang rape
popular sumo noun noun (generic)
- wrestler of the third highest rank
popular noun noun (generic) sumo
- turnout (of people)
- start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.), beginning
- initial charge, dash
popular sumo noun noun (generic)
- New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) sumo
- the number of flat things
- win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) sumo
- railway crossing, railroad crossing, train crossing, level crossing
- starting line, scratch
- determination
- stepping over the edge of the ring