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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 相撲 search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
相撲 相扑 see styles |
xiāng pū xiang1 pu1 hsiang p`u hsiang pu sumou / sumo すもう |
More info & calligraphy: Sumo(1) (sumo) sumo wrestling; (2) (sumo) (abbreviation) wrestler; rikishi; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) (sumo) sumo wrestling; (2) (sumo) (abbreviation) wrestler; rikishi; (surname) Sumou wrestling |
前相撲 see styles |
maezumou / maezumo まえずもう |
{sumo} preliminary bouts with unranked wrestlers; unranked wrestlers |
力相撲 see styles |
chikarazumou / chikarazumo ちからずもう |
sumo wrestling using strength instead of technique |
口相撲 see styles |
kuchizumou / kuchizumo くちずもう |
(1) war of words; verbal fisticuffs; (2) (slang) kissing |
大相撲 see styles |
oozumou / oozumo おおずもう |
professional sumo wrestling |
女相撲 see styles |
onnazumou / onnazumo おんなずもう |
{sumo} female sumo wrestling; female sumo wrestler |
尻相撲 see styles |
shirizumou / shirizumo しりずもう |
shirizumo; back-to-back sumo; game in which players push each other with their buttocks |
指相撲 see styles |
yubizumou / yubizumo ゆびずもう |
thumb wrestling |
新相撲 see styles |
shinsumou / shinsumo しんすもう |
{sumo} "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi |
相撲人 see styles |
sumaibito すまいびと |
(archaism) {sumo} wrestler; rikishi |
相撲字 see styles |
sumouji / sumoji すもうじ |
{sumo} writing style used to write the rankings |
相撲庭 see styles |
sumainiwa すまいにわ |
(place-name) Sumainiwa |
相撲町 see styles |
sumaichou / sumaicho すまいちょう |
(place-name) Sumaichō |
相撲界 see styles |
sumoukai / sumokai すもうかい |
sumo world; sumo wrestling community |
神相撲 see styles |
kamizumou / kamizumo かみずもう |
{Shinto} (See 紙相撲・かみずもう) part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout |
紙相撲 see styles |
kamizumou / kamizumo かみずもう |
{sumo} (See 相撲・1) paper sumo; children's game of sumo played with paper cutouts of wrestlers |
腕相撲 see styles |
udezumou / udezumo うでずもう |
(1) arm wrestling; Indian wrestling; (2) (sumo) wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill |
花相撲 see styles |
hanazumou / hanazumo はなずもう |
{sumo} tournament other than the six major tournaments |
草相撲 see styles |
kusazumou / kusazumo くさずもう |
amateur sumo wrestling |
虫相撲 see styles |
mushizumou / mushizumo むしずもう |
insect fighting; bug fighting |
足相撲 see styles |
ashizumou / ashizumo あしずもう |
Indian wrestling |
辻相撲 see styles |
tsujizumou / tsujizumo つじずもう |
(1) {sumo} amateur wrestling on a street corner or in an empty field (esp. in autumn); (2) {sumo} wrestling show in a roadside tent |
鷺相撲 see styles |
sagizumou / sagizumo さぎずもう |
game in which two people hop on one foot and push each other |
アマ相撲 see styles |
amazumou / amazumo アマずもう |
{sumo} amateur sumo |
一人相撲 see styles |
hitorizumou / hitorizumo ひとりずもう |
(expression) (1) (yoji) fighting (tilting at) windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at; (2) single-person mimicking a wrestling match |
上覧相撲 see styles |
jouranzumou / joranzumo じょうらんずもう |
{sumo} match held in front of the Emperor |
勧進相撲 see styles |
kanjinzumou / kanjinzumo かんじんずもう |
(hist) {sumo} fund-raising tournaments (during the Edo period) |
台覧相撲 see styles |
tairanzumou / tairanzumo たいらんずもう |
{sumo} wrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince |
四つ相撲 see styles |
yotsuzumou / yotsuzumo よつずもう |
{sumo} wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands |
天覧相撲 see styles |
tenranzumou / tenranzumo てんらんずもう |
{sumo} wrestling performed in imperial presence |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Sumo | 相撲 相扑 | su mou / sumou / su mo | xiāng pū / xiang1 pu1 / xiang pu / xiangpu | hsiang p`u / hsiangpu / hsiang pu |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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