Moto 撲: Slap; Strike; HitKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ボク
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 66 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ボク)
- 打撲だぼくblow; hit (on the body)
- 撲滅ぼくめつeradication; extermination
- 打撲傷だぼくしょうbruise; contusion
- 撲殺ぼくさつbeat to death
- 撲滅運動ぼくめつうんどうexterminatory measure; eradication campaign
- 汚職撲滅おしょくぼくめつeradication of corruption
Other readings
- 相撲すもうsumo wrestling
- 大相撲おおずもうprofessional sumo wrestling
- 一人相撲ひとりずもうfighting (tilting at) windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at
- 四つ相撲よつずもうwrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands
- 相撲取りすもうとりwrestler; rikishi
- お相撲さんおすもうさんsumo wrestler
- ひとのふんどしで相撲を取るひとのふんどしですもうをとるto profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul
- アマ相撲アマずもうamateur sumo
- モンゴル相撲モンゴルずもうMongolian wrestling; Mongolian sumo
- 上覧相撲じょうらんずもうmatch held in front of the Emperor
- 人のふんどしで相撲を取るひとのふんどしですもうをとるto profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul
- 人の褌で相撲を取るひとのふんどしですもうをとるto profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul
- 他人のふんどしで相撲を取るたにんのふんどしですもうをとるto profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul
- 他人の褌で相撲を取るたにんのふんどしですもうをとるto profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul
- 前相撲まえずもうpreliminary bouts with unranked wrestlers; unranked wrestlers
- 力相撲ちからずもうsumo wrestling using strength instead of technique
- 勧進相撲かんじんずもうfund-raising tournaments of Edo period
- 口相撲くちずもうwar of words; verbal fisticuffs
- 台覧相撲たいらんずもうwrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince
- 天覧相撲てんらんずもうwrestling performed in imperial presence
- 奉納相撲ほうのうずもうritual matches held at a shrine
- 女相撲おんなずもうfemale sumo wrestling; female sumo wrestler
- 子供相撲こどもずもうchildren's sumo
- 尻相撲しりずもうshirizumo; back-to-back sumo
- 座り相撲すわりずもうwrestling performed in a sitting position
- 引退相撲いんたいずもうexhibition match held at a wrestler's retirement ceremony
- 御当地相撲ごとうちずもうlocal wrestler; crowd favorite (favourite)
- 御相撲さんおすもうさんsumo wrestler
- 押し相撲おしずもうpushing sumo; classic way of wrestling without using the belt
- 指相撲ゆびずもうthumb wrestling
- 撲つぶつto hit (a person); to strike
- 撲り倒すはりたおすto knock down; to slap down
- 撲るなぐるto strike; to hit
- 新相撲しんすもう"new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi
- 横綱相撲よこづなずもうfacing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent
- 水入りの相撲みずいりのすもうmatch with a break
- 注文相撲ちゅうもんずもうbout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy; match that goes according to one's plan
- 独り相撲ひとりずもうfighting (tilting at) windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at
- 相撲にならないすもうにならないis no match for; can't hold a candle to
- 相撲に勝って勝負に負けるすもうにかってしょうぶにまけるto lose despite being the better fighter; to win the battle but lose the war
- 相撲を取るすもうをとるto wrestle with; to contest an issue
- 相撲人すまいびとwrestler; rikishi
- 相撲字すもうじwriting style used to write the rankings
- 相撲文字すもうもじwriting style used to write the rankings
- 相撲甚句すもうじんくsumo-themed song; song sung at sumo events
- 相撲界すもうかいsumo world; sumo wrestling community
- 相撲部屋すもうべやstable
- 神事相撲しんじずもうsumo performed as part of Shinto harvest festivities
- 神相撲かみずもうpart of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout
- 節会相撲せちえずもうsumo performed at ancient Japanese imperial court
- 紙相撲かみずもうpaper sumo; children's game of sumo played with paper cutouts of wrestlers
- 給金相撲きゅうきんずもうmatch that determines if a rikishi will have more wins than losses
- 腕白相撲わんぱくずもうchildren's sumo
- 腕相撲うでずもうarm wrestling; Indian wrestling
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