| 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] |
| 呼び出し(P);呼出し;呼出(io) | [よびだし, yobidashi] (n, vs) (1) (See 呼び出す・よびだす・1) call; summons; (n) (2) sumo usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; (3) (abbr) (See 呼び出し電話) telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (4) (arch) (See 陸湯) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (5) (arch) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (6) (arch) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period); (P) #9,734 [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] |
| 前頭 | [まえがしら, maegashira] (n, adj-no) rank-and-file wrestlers in sumo's highest division; (P) #12,879 [Add to Longdo] |
| 幕下 | [まくした, makushita] (n) third highest sumo division; wrestlers of the third highest sumo division; (P) #12,964 [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] |
| 一番出世 | [いちばんしゅっせ, ichibanshusse] (n) newly recruited sumo wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo [Add to Longdo] |
| 一門別総当り | [いちもんべつそうあたり, ichimonbetsusouatari] (n) obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between sumo wrestlers from the same group of stables [Add to Longdo] |
