noun
kouchigari; minor inner reap
A judo throwing technique where the attacker uses their leg to reap the opponent's inner leg from the inside, often combined with a pulling motion.
彼は小内刈りで相手を倒した。
He threw his opponent with a minor inner reap.
小内刈りは足技の基本の一つです。
Kouchigari is one of the basic foot techniques.
Compound of 小 (ko, 'small, minor') + 内 (uchi, 'inner') + 刈り (kari, 'reap, cut'), describing a minor reaping action on the inner leg. The reading こうちがり reflects rendaku on うち → うち (no change here) and かり → がり.