List: sumo
Terms used in sumo, a Japanese full-contact sport.
sumo noun noun (generic)
- official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
sumo noun noun (generic)
- person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi)
sumo noun noun (generic)
- ozeki-ranked wrestler in danger of losing his rank
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone sumo
- leader of a (large) group
- large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp
- puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae)
- first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke
archaic sumo noun noun (generic)
- wrestling outside the formal tournaments, wrestling just for fun
sumo expression
- struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand
archaic sumo noun noun (generic)
- wrestler, rikishi
sumo godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to force someone out of the ring
sumo expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to lose
sumo expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses