| 相撲 | すもう | sumo |
| 花相撲 | はなずもう
| (n) any sumo tournament other than the (six)
major tournaments/ |
| 四つ相撲 | よつずもう
| (n) sumo wrestling in which both wrestlers
grasp the other's belt with both hands/ |
| 指相撲 | ゆびずもう | (n) thumb wrestling/ |
| 水入りの相撲 | みずいりのすもう
| sumo match with a break/ |
| 前相撲 | まえずもう | (n) preliminary sumo bouts with unranked
wrestlers/unranked sumo wrestlers/ |
| 相撲 | すもう | (n) sumo wrestling/(P)/ |
| 相撲にならない | すもうにな
らない | (exp) is no match for/can't hold a candle
to/ |
| 相撲取り | すもうとり
| (Sumo) wrestler/(P)/ |
| 相撲部屋 | すもうべや
| (n) stable/ |
| 草相撲 | くさずもう | (n) amateur sumo wrestling/ |
| 打撲 | だぼく
| (n) bruise/(P)/ |
| 打撲傷 | だぼくしょう | (n) bruise/contusion/(P)/ |
| 大相撲 | おおずもう | (n) annual wrestling matches/(P)/ |
| 独り相撲 | ひとりずもう | (exp) futile and useless/single-person mimicking a
wrestling match/ |
| 奉納相撲 | ほうのうずもう | ritual sumo matches held at a shrine/ |
| 腕相撲 | うでずもう | (n) arm wrestling/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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