Vocabulary

two-handed head twist down

head-twisting throw

arm-locking twist down

hook; gab

head chop down

rear lift out

lifting body slam

rear push down

rear throw down

rear leg trip

rear pull down

upper-arm force out

arm-barring force out; locking arms around an opponent and pushing him out of the ring

arm-barring force down

backward lean out

pulling body slam

hand touch down

knee touch down

rear step out

large ginkgo tree

female sumo wrestling; female sumo wrestler

match that determines if a rikishi will have more wins than losses

thanks

"new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi

wrestling performed in a sitting position

training between rikishi of equal strength

T-shaped section of a loincloth

to be compatible; to get along well

front of a mawashi

striking the face

pomade; pomatum; hair oil

wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

hakkeyoi!; come on!; go ahead!

holding two positions at once (esp. of rikishi or judges who are also coaches)

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

to throw up a smoke screen; to put up a false front; to purposely mislead

chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go