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List: sumo

Terms used in sumo, a Japanese full-contact sport.

Showing 141 - 150 of 534 words for the list sumo. #sumo
蹲踞そんきょsonkyo

sumo  martial arts  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する 

  • crouching, formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match
取り的とりてきtoriteki

sumo  noun  noun (generic) 

  • low-ranking unsalaried wrestler (ranked below juryo)
足取りあしとりashitori

sumo  noun  noun (generic) 

  • downing an opponent by grabbing his leg
足癖あしくせashikuse

search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  sumo 

  • gait, one's manner of walking
  • leg technique, technique involving tripping the opponent
奉納相撲ほうのうずもうhounouzumou

sumo  noun  noun (generic) 

  • ritual matches held at a shrine
二枚腰にまいごしnimaigoshi

sumo  martial arts  noun  noun (generic) 

  • posture in which the legs are firmly planted (in sumo and judo)
秋場所あきばしょakibasho

sumo  noun  noun (generic) 

  • Autumn Tournament (held in Tokyo in September)
地取りじどりjidori

noun  noun (generic)  go (game)  sumo  abbreviation 

  • laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden), layout
  • taking space, obtaining land, gaining territory
  • training done in one's own stable
  • (police) legwork
四股しこshiko

sumo  noun  noun (generic) 

  • wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping
黒房くろぶさkurobusa

sumo  noun  noun (generic) 

  • black tassel hung above the northwest corner of the ring

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