Sumo

Sumo

Sumo is a popular Japanese wrestling sport in which the opponents attempt to force each other to the ground or out of a circular ring. With its origin dating back to some six centuries ago, Sumo has preserved many ancient traditions such as the use of salt as purification and elaborate wrestling rituals and ceremonies. A wrestler is declared the winner if he forces his opponent to step out of the ring or to touch the ground with any part of the body other than the bottom of his feet.

Japan is the only country where Sumo is practised professionally. The latests news about Sumo is the scandle involing Sumo players in match fixing which led to the cancellation of the 2001 spring grand tournament.

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sumo

Sports; Sumo

The national sport of Japan. The Japanese here is actually "ozumo," or "Grand Sumo. "

SUMO 1 protein

Medical; Health care; Medicine

A 1.5-kDa small ubiquitin-related modifier protein that can covalently bind via an isopeptide link to a number of cellular proteins. It may play a role in intracellular protein ...

SUMO protein

Medical; Health care; Medicine

A 1.5-kDa small ubiquitin-related modifier protein that can covalently bind via an isopeptide link to a number of cellular proteins. It may play a role in intracellular protein ...

SUMO conjugation

Medical; Health care; Medicine

A type of post-translational protein modification by small ubiquitin-related modifier proteins (also known as SUMO proteins).

chumoku-ichiban

Sports; Sumo

The most anticipated bout of the day.

chikara-mizu

Sports; Sumo

Power-water. The ladleful of water with which a wrestler will ceremonially rinse out his mouth prior to a bout, handed to him by either the victorious wrestler of the previous ...

chonmage

Sports; Sumo

Traditional Japanese haircut with a topknot, now only worn by rikishi and so an easy way to recognize that a man is in the sumo profession.

barometer

Sports; Sumo

Nickname for Wakanosato coined by Mike and Kenji. Wakanosato measures the performance of the other sanyaku rikishi each basho. If a rikishi loses to Wakanosato, he is not ...

basho

Sports; Sumo

Venue. Any sumo tournament. Compare honbasho.

chanko-nabe

Sports; Sumo

A stew unique to sumo where a myriad of fish, meat, vegetables, and noodles are added to a thick broth. Chanko-nabe, along with rice and beer, is the staple diet for the sumo ...