角かく力りょく

noun

comparison of strength; contest of strength

Rare, literary word for a test of physical power. In modern Japanese, 力比べ is the usual term.

• 古ふるい物もの語がたりでは、勇ゆう士したちが角かく力りょくを競きそう場ば面めんが描えがかれる。

  In old tales, scenes are depicted where warriors compete in a contest of strength.

noun

sumo wrestling

Archaic synonym for 相撲. Now only encountered in historical contexts or as a formal alternate name.

See also: 相撲

• 角かく力りょくは、かつて相撲すもうを指さす言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  角力 was once used as a word for sumo wrestling.