横綱

よこづな

yokozuna (grand champion)

相撲

すもう すまい

wrestler, rikishi

新横綱

しんよこづな

wrestler newly promoted to grand champion

大横綱

だいよこづな

grand champion considered to be truly great

草相撲

くさずもう

amateur sumo wrestling

腕相撲

うでずもう

wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill

花相撲

はなずもう

tournament other than the six major tournaments

前相撲

まえずもう ぜんすもう

preliminary bouts with unranked wrestlers

辻相撲

つじずもう

wrestling show in a roadside tent

指相撲

ゆびずもう

thumb wrestling

相撲界

すもうかい

sumo world, sumo wrestling community

鷺相撲

さぎずもう

game in which two people hop on one foot and push each other

虫相撲

むしずもう

insect fighting; bug fighting

紙相撲

かみずもう

children's game of sumo played with paper cutouts of wrestlers

モンゴル相撲

モンゴルずもう

Mongolian wrestling, Mongolian sumo

女相撲

おんなずもう

female sumo wrestler

神相撲

かみずもう

part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the hachiman shrine in yoshitomi

新相撲

しんすもう

"new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat

アマ相撲

アマずもう

amateur sumo