N295/1725

相撲すもう

obsolete readingrarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)abbreviation

Reading

すもう

Meanings

sumo (wrestling)
sumo wrestler, rikishi

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Example sentences

日本にほんの伝統的でんとうてきなスポーツといえば、相撲すもうが有名ゆうめいです。

When it comes to traditional Japanese sports, sumo is well-known.

彼かれは子こどもの頃ころから相撲すもうを習ならっていたので、体からだがとても大おおきい。

Because he has been learning sumo since childhood, his body is very large.

相撲すもうの試合しあいは国技館こくぎかんで行おこなわれることが多おおい。

Sumo matches are often held at the Kokugikan.

外国人がいこくじん力士りきしが相撲すもうの世界せかいで活躍かつやくするようになったのは、比較的ひかくてき最近さいきんのことだ。

It is relatively recent that foreign wrestlers started to become active in the world of sumo.

祖父そふは毎場所まいばしょ欠かかさず相撲すもうを観戦かんせんし、贔屓ひいきの力士りきしを熱心ねっしんに応援おうえんしている。

My grandfather watches sumo every tournament without fail, enthusiastically cheering for his favorite wrestler.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)