大相撲

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • a grand sumo wrestling tournament
  • an exciting match, a long-drawn bout
  • professional sumo wrestling

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 大 (big, great, large, grand, arch-, laughing, last day of a lunar month, laughter, counselor, hemorrhage, thirtieth last day of a, major, vassal, bleeding) + Japanese 相撲 (mutually rush at, sumo wrestling).

Origin

Japanese

相撲

Gloss

mutually rush at, sumo wrestling

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