寄り切り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
寄 切
よ
Grade: 5		 き
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 寄切り

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 寄り切る (yorikiru, “to push an opponent out of the ring while gripping on the opponent's mawashi”).

Pronunciation

Noun

寄り切り (hiragana よりきり, rōmaji yorikiri)

  1. (sumo) frontal force out: a winning move in sumo by pushing an opponent out of the ring while gripping on the opponent's mawashi.
    ただいまの決 (き)まり手 (て)は「寄 (よ)り切 (き)り」。寄 (よ)り切 (き)って、◯◯の勝 (か)ち。
    Tadaima no kimarite wa "yorikiri". Yorikitte, [...] no kachi.
    Today's winning move is a yorikiri (frontal force out). [wrestler's name] won the bout by yorikiri.
    Hypernym: 決まり手 (kimarite)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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