official sumo tournament (six per year)
bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr; irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; (arch.) crying of a baby
national sport (e.g. sumo)
pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
light music; popular music
half-roasted; half-baked; rare
thank you for your continued patronage
first thing in the morning
practice; practising; training; study
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
attractive face and figure
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
to behave well (of a child)
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
and; AND (Boolean operator)
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale