水 | [みず, mizu] (n) (1) (See 湯・ゆ・1) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); (2) fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; (3) flood; floodwaters; (4) (See 力水) water offered to sumo wrestlers just prior to a bout; (5) (See 水入り) break granted to sumo wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout; (P) #197 [Add to Longdo] |
関 | [ぜき, zeki] (suf) (hon) (abbr) (See 関取) honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division sumo wrestlers #1,952 [Add to Longdo] |
相撲(P);角力 | [すもう(P);すまい(相撲)(ok), sumou (P); sumai ( sumou )(ok)] (n) (1) sumo wrestling; (2) (abbr) (See 相撲取り) sumo wrestler; rikishi; (P) #3,426 [Add to Longdo] |
力士 | [りきし, rikishi] (n) (1) sumo wrestler; rikishi; (2) strong man; (P) #4,852 [Add to Longdo] |
大関 | [おおぜき, oozeki] (n) sumo wrestler of second highest rank; (P) #7,852 [Add to Longdo] |
回し(P);廻し | [まわし, mawashi] (n, n-suf) sumo wrestler's loincloth; (P) #9,783 [Add to Longdo] |
枚数 | [まいすう, maisuu] (n) (1) the number of flat things; (2) win-loss difference which influences the ranking of sumo wrestlers; (P) #10,314 [Add to Longdo] |
番付(P);番附;番付け(io) | [ばんづけ, banduke] (n) ranking of entertainers, sumo wrestlers, etc.; (P) #10,596 [Add to Longdo] |
金星 | [きんぼし, kinboshi] (n) (1) dazzling victory; (2) win of rank-and-file sumo wrestler over the grand champion; (P) #10,740 [Add to Longdo] |
鉄砲(P);鉄炮 | [てっぽう, teppou] (n) (1) gun; (2) wooden pole that sumo wrestlers strike in practice (practise); (3) (col) (See 河豚) fugu; (P) #14,826 [Add to Longdo] |