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Sumo

Sumo is a form of full-contact wrestling in which two wrestlers attempt to force eachother out of the circular ring or to touch ground with any body part other than the soles of their feet. The sport has a long history and is deeply influenced by tradition and ritual.

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sanbangeiko

Sports; Sumo

Practice technique where two rikishi fight over and over until exhausted.

sagari

Sports; Sumo

The strings inserted into the front of the mawashi for competition. The sagari of sekitori wrestlers are stiffened with a seaweed-based glue.

rijicho

Sports; Sumo

The chairman of the Japan Sumo Association.

rank and file

Sports; Sumo

Term used by Mike and Kenji to describe the Maegashira-ranked rikishi in Makuuchi.

ōzeki

Sports; Sumo

Great barrier, but usually translated Champion. The second-highest rank of sumo wrestlers, below yokozuna.

kyujo

Sports; Sumo

A wrestler's sitting out (absence from) a tournament, usually due to injury.

oyakata

Sports; Sumo

A sumo coach, almost always the owner of one of the 105 name licenses. Also used as a suffix as a personal honorific.

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