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大相撲

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	相	撲
おお Grade: 1	ずもう
おお Grade: 1	Grade: 3	Grade: S
kun'yomi	irregular

Etymology

Compound of 大 (ō, “great, big”) +‎ 相撲 (sumō, “sumo wrestling”).^[1]^[2] The sumō changes to zumō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおずもー [òózúꜜmòò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːzɨmo̞ː]

Noun

大(おお)相撲(ずもう) • (ōzumō) ^{←おおずまふ (oozumafu)^?}

a grand sumo wrestling tournament
an exciting match, a long-drawn bout
professional sumo wrestling

Related terms

お相撲(すもう)さん (osumōsan)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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