N2572/1725

踏ふみ切きり

nounnoun (generic)sumo

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ふみきり

Meanings

railway crossing, railroad crossing, train crossing, level crossing
starting line, scratch
determination
stepping over the edge of the ring

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Example sentences

踏切ふみきりで電車でんしゃが通過つうかするまで待まってください。

Please wait at the railway crossing until the train passes.

踏切ふみきりの遮断機しゃだんきが下おりているのに、無理むりに渡わたろうとする人ひとがいる。

There are people who try to cross even when the railway crossing barrier is lowered.

この踏切ふみきりは朝あさの時間帯じかんたいに特とくに混雑こんざつする。

This railway crossing gets particularly congested during the morning hours.

踏切ふみきり事故じこを防ふせぐために、自治体じちたいは地下道ちかどうの建設けんせつを検討けんとうしている。

In order to prevent railway crossing accidents, the local government is considering building an underpass.

相撲すもうでは、力士りきしが踏切ふみきりを踏ふみ越こえると反則はんそくとなる場合ばあいがある。

In sumo, there are cases where a wrestler stepping over the scratch line results in a foul.

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.)