national sport (e.g. sumo)
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
jonidan (second lowest) division
third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division
second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
wrestler of the fourth highest rank
wrestler of the third highest rank
ōzeki (second highest rank in sumo)
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
fair and square; open and aboveboard
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
to give; to do (something) for
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
thrusting down one's opponent either inside or outside the ring
consecutive victories; series of victories
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
from the viewpoint of; according to
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
protrusion; projection; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; frontal thrust out (winning technique); pushing one's opponent out of the ring
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
ten; 10; ten years of age
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute