Vocabulary

shaving the very top of the head

sponsors of rikishi or their stables

ritual gestures (squatting, clapping, etc.) indicating that a fight will be clean

either side of a rikishi's mawashi

chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

sudden, wide-spread drop in prices

days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter

mortgage arrangements

black (i.e. African-American) soldier; buffalo soldier

(penalty of) imprisonment

linear interpolation; straight-line interpolation

bristle worm; polychaete

bristle worm; polychaete

emergency bag; survival kit

comparison of strength; contest of strength

arm

Asian elephant; Indian elephant

site of a bloody battle

escapee; fugitive

plant having four leaves on one stalk

battling to knock away the hands of one's opponent, in order to achieve an advantageous position

official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)

holiday traffic congestion caused by people travelling to their hometowns en masse

artificial food (fabricated to resemble rare or expensive foods)

range (of a function)

the principle of the thing

(company's) initiation or welcoming ceremony

regular customer; valued client

discriminatory term; discriminatory language

corporate drone; corporate slave

making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden

money management technique; zaitech

(mouth) gag; muzzle

creating a (favorable) environment; laying the groundwork; setting the stage

kisha club; restrictive press club operated by some government bodies and corporations

tiger mom; tiger mum; mother who is overly obsessed with her children's academic performance

first thing in the morning

ventilation duct; vent

company outing; company retreat