Yotsu-zumo

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 ...

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Transformers: Age of Extinction

The fourth installment of the hit franchise Transformers, a series of science fiction action films based on the popular transformer toys created by ...