List: sumo
Terms used in sumo, a Japanese full-contact sport.
sumo noun noun (generic)
- water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
- fresh water used when making up one's face
noun noun (generic) sumo
- street with tramline, railroad track
- railroading the opponent straight out of the ring
sumo expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) idiomatic expression
- to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan
- to be declared the winner
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) martial arts sumo
- to get in someone's pocket, to help oneself to someone's wallet
- to curry favour (favor), to butter up, to make up to, to gain someone's trust
- to get in close to one's opponent
sumo noun noun (generic)
- facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill, match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent
military noun noun (generic) sumo
- gourd-shaped war fan
- referee's fan, umpire's fan
- fan-shaped emblem
sumo noun noun (generic)
- slim sumo wrestler, slim build
sumo expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner)
- to declare someone the winner (of a competition)
sumo godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to step out of the ring, to put one's foot outside the ring
sumo noun noun (generic)
- right-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt)