Sumo

Words JMdict files under Sumo.

442 words.

  1. 寄り (より) having a tendency towards
  2. ちゃんこ chanko
  3. 幕下 (まくした) third highest division
  4. 大関 (おおぜき) ōzeki (second highest rank in sumo)
  5. 力士 (りきし) sumo wrestler
  6. 横綱 (よこづな) yokozuna (highest rank in sumo)
  7. 関脇 (せきわけ) wrestler of the third highest rank
  8. 初土俵 (はつどひょう) first tournament for a wrestler
  9. 幕内 (まくうち) makuuchi
  10. 関取 (せきとり) ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
  11. 回し (まわし) mawashi
  12. 土俵 (どひょう) (wrestling) ring
  13. 行司 (ぎょうじ) referee
  14. 新入幕 (しんにゅうまく) wrestler newly promoted to makuuchi division
  15. 四股名 (しこな) wrestler's stage name
  16. 関 (ぜき) honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
  17. 本場所 (ほんばしょ) official sumo tournament (six per year)
  18. 小結 (こむすび) wrestler of the fourth highest rank
  19. どすこい dosukoi! (sumo chant)
  20. 新十両 (しんじゅうりょう) wrestler newly promoted to juryo division
  21. 平幕 (ひらまく) rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
  22. 取り口 (とりくち) technique
  23. 十両 (じゅうりょう) second highest division
  24. 年寄名跡 (としよりみょうせき) official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
  25. 蹲踞 (そんきょ) crouching
  26. 全勝優勝 (ぜんしょうゆうしょう) winning a championship with a perfect record
  27. 角界 (かくかい) the world of sumo
  28. 取り直す (とりなおす) to re-grip
  29. 寝技 (ねわざ) pinning technique (in wrestling or judo)
  30. 夏場所 (なつばしょ) Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)
  31. 技能賞 (ぎのうしょう) Technique Prize
  32. 相撲部屋 (すもうべや) stable
  33. 断髪式 (だんぱつしき) retirement ceremony of a wrestler where his top-knot is cut
  34. 立行司 (たてぎょうじ) head referee
  35. 投げ技 (なげわざ) throwing technique
  36. 決まり手 (きまりて) clincher
  37. 突き押し (つきおし) pushing and shoving techniques
  38. 同部屋 (どうべや) wrestlers from the same stable
  39. 番付編成会議 (ばんづけへんせいかいぎ) rank-deciding committee
  40. 仕切り直す (しきりなおす) to get poised again for charging
  41. 寄り切り (よりきり) driving opponent out of the ring while gripping his belt
  42. 名古屋場所 (なごやばしょ) Nagoya Tournament (held in July)
  43. ちゃんこ鍋 (ちゃんこなべ) chankonabe
  44. 九州場所 (きゅうしゅうばしょ) Kyushu Tournament (held in Fukuoka in November)
  45. 春場所 (はるばしょ) Spring Tournament (held in Osaka in March)
  46. 仕切り直し (しきりなおし) getting poised again for charging
  47. 初場所 (はつばしょ) New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)
  48. 新弟子検査 (しんでしけんさ) medical examination of entrants into professional wrestling
  49. 再出場 (さいしゅつじょう) return to tournament after temporary absence
  50. 寄り切る (よりきる) to force someone out of the ring

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