List: sumo
Terms used in sumo, a Japanese full-contact sport.
popular sumo noun noun (generic)
- armlock throw, forearm throw
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb sumo
- to take off, to jump, to leap
- to take the plunge, to decide, to embark on, to venture into, to launch out into
- to step out of the ring
popular noun noun (generic) sumo
- change of attitude (stance, position)
- lightness of foot, ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form sumo noun noun (generic)
- match declared drawn due to injury
- ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form sumo martial arts noun noun (generic)
- throwing technique, throw
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ãã intransitive verb sumo
- person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc., outrider, harbinger, forerunner
- opening performer
- sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb sumo suffix
- to shine
- to be visible
- to be tinged with
- to rise (of water levels), to flow in
- to be felt (i.e. as an emotion), to come over one
- to hold up (an umbrella, etc.), to put up, to raise
- to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
- to insert, to put in
- to wear (a sword) in one's belt, to wear at one's side, to carry under one's arm
- to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm
- to pole (a boat)
- to pour, to add (liquid), to serve (drinks)
- to put on (lipstick, etc.), to apply, to colour, to dye
- to light (a fire), to burn
- to shut, to close, to lock, to fasten
- to stop in the midst of, to leave undone
popular noun noun (generic) sumo
- meeting, gathering
- village assembly
- two wrestlers approaching each other
popular sumo noun noun (generic)
- collapsing in the middle of a bout
- breaking down (while in the middle of something), faltering halfway
popular search-only kanji form sumo martial arts noun noun (generic) noun (prefix)
- leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.)
- foothold, pedal
- spanning (incl. partial start and end periods)