Sumo terms commentary
Banzuke – ranking sheet
Basho – sumo tournament
Chanko-nabe – a wrestler’s cookpot dishes
Danpatsu-shiki – topknot-cutting ceremony; when a wrestler retires a sumotori, his friends who aided him snip his topknot
Dohyo – sumo ring
Gyoji – referee
Gunbai – referee’s paddle
Gottuan-desu – a phrase often used by sumo wrestlers that means “thank you”
Hanamichi – flower aisle, an elevated runway that carries wrestlers to the dohyo
Kakkai – the sumo world
Kimarite – winning trick
Kuro-boshi – the black star, a symbol of loss
Mawashi – sumo loincloth
O-icho – the leaf-shaped topknot
Oshi-dashi – The push to drive an opponent backward
Oyakata – sumo stable master or coach
Rikishi – sumo wrestlers; also sumotori
Shikiri-sen – the two white lines on the dohyo
Shikona – ring name
Shiro-boshi – white star; symbol of win
Suna-kaburi – ringside
Toku-dawara – the four parts of the dohyo that project outside
Torinaoshi – a rematch after a close bout
Tsuki-dashi – a slap to upset an opponent’s balance
Yobidashi – shikona caller
(from ww24.justnet.ne.jp/~worldwar/oozeki.eng.html and Newsweek)
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