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吊り落とし (つりおとし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

吊つり落おとし

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Meanings

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noun

lifting body slam

sumo

A sumo kimarite where the attacker lifts the opponent by the mawashi and then drops or slams them down.

横よこ綱づなは吊つり落おとしで勝しょう負ぶを決きめた。
The yokozuna won the match with a lifting body slam.

Written forms

吊つり落おとし
Standard kanji spelling for this sumo technique.
吊つり落おとし
Variant with simplified okurigana; less common but still used.

Kanji

吊suspend, hang, wear (sword)
落fall, drop, come down

Etymology

Compound of 吊り (tsuri, 'lifting') and 落とし (otoshi, 'dropping'), describing the lifting-and-dropping motion of the technique.