List: sumo
Terms used in sumo, a Japanese full-contact sport.
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
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation sumo
- dust, small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs)
- trash, garbage, rubbish
- negligible amount, tiny bit
- hustle and bustle (of life), worldly cares, impurities of the world
- ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb sumo usually written using kana alone intransitive verb
- to hang, to suspend, to sling, to wear (e.g. a sword), to put up (e.g. a shelf)
- to hang oneself
- to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth
- to turn upwards (as if being pulled), to be slanted (of eyes)
- to pucker (e.g. of a seam), to be pulled tight
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) stock market sumo
- presence (e.g. of an observer), observation, observer, witness
- trading session (at an exchange)
- rising from a crouch to charge, initial charge, face-off
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) sumo
- number (in a series)
- (one's) turn
- watch, guard, lookout
- rank, standing, position
- bout, match
- pieces (in a collection)
sumo food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- chankonabe, fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
sumo food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
sumo interjection
- dosukoi! (sumo chant)