腕相撲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腕 相 撲
うで
Grade: S 		すもう > ずもう
Grade: 3 Grade: S
kun'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
腕ずもう

Etymology

Compound of 腕 (“wrist”) +‎ 相撲 (“sumo”). The sumō changes to zumō as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うでずもー [ùdézúꜜmòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟de̞zɨmo̞ː]

Noun

腕(うで)相撲(ずもう) • (udezumō) 

  1. arm wrestling

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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