List: sumo
Terms used in sumo, a Japanese full-contact sport.
popular noun noun (generic) sumo
- sharing a room, dormitory room
- match between wrestlers from the same stable
popular sumo noun noun (generic)
- being declared the winner of a bout
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb sumo archaic
- to approach, to draw near, to come near, to be close to
- to gather (in one place), to come together, to meet
- to stop by (while on one's way to another place), to drop by, to make a short visit
- to grow old, to grow high (number, etc.)
- to grow (wrinkly)
- to lean against, to recline on
- to push one's opponent while holding their belt
- to decide on a price and come to a deal
- to be swayed by (a person), to yield to
popular noun noun (generic) sumo
- the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning")
- lowest division in sumo
popular irregular okurigana sumo noun noun (generic)
- inside leg trip
popular sumo godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to re-grip, to re-wrestle
- to regroup (after some adverse event)
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic) sumo
- box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)
- makunouchi, makuuchi, top division (of professional sumo)
- intermission (between acts), interlude
popular JLPT N1 counter sumo
- counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins)
- counter for portions of gyลza or soba
- counter for ranks
- counter for wrestlers of a particular rank
- counter for fields or rice paddies
- counter for palanquin bearers
popular sumo noun noun (generic)
- water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
popular noun noun (generic) sumo
- humble position, inferior
- underarm grip on opponent's belt