List: sumo
Terms used in sumo, a Japanese full-contact sport.
sumo noun noun (generic)
- left-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt)
sumo noun noun (generic)
- grappling firmly, being locked together
sumo noun noun (generic)
- rear lifting body slam
archaic noun noun (generic) sumo
- archer, warrior, samurai
- skilled bowman
- bow-twirling ceremony at the end of each day of a Grand Sumo Tournament, wrestler who performs the bow-twirling ceremony
sumo noun noun (generic)
- ringside seat
sumo noun noun (generic)
- ringside seat
sumo expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to lose, to be defeated
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) sumo
- to return a favor, to pay it back
- to defeat one's senior stablemate
search-only kanji form historical term noun noun (generic) sumo
- person in charge of beheading (concluding a seppuku)
- executioner, person in charge of beheading
- rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form sumo Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rush (one's opponent) from below with arms folded, to perform kachiage