List: sumo
Terms used in sumo, a Japanese full-contact sport.
sumo expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to take and spit the water prior to a bout
sumo expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have training bouts with one's junior during practice (of a senior wrestler)
sumo noun noun (generic)
- sumo wrestler with a big belly
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone sumo noun noun (generic)
- backward pivot throw, technique of leaning back and carrying one's opponent round and out of the ring
- turning the tables (on someone) at the last moment, last-minute reversal of fortunes
sumo noun noun (generic)
- demotion from ลzeki ranking
sumo noun noun (generic)
- match held in front of the Emperor
sumo noun noun (generic)
- bout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy, match that goes according to one's plan
search-only kana form interjection sumo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- huff!, yo-heave-ho!, heigh-ho
- yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps)
- yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.)
- flattery, buttering up (someone), sucking up to
noun noun (generic) sumo
- winding a replacement thread, wire, etc.
- changing from an overarm to an underarm grip on one's opponent's belt
sumo noun noun (generic)
- technique of holding one's opponent's arm to prevent him from getting a hold on one's belt