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呼び戻し (よびもどし, yobimodoshi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

呼よび戻もどし

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Meanings

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pulling body slam

A sumo technique where the wrestler pulls the opponent's body forward and down while stepping back, causing the opponent to fall forward.

横よこ綱づなは呼よび戻もどしで相あい手てを土ど俵ひょうに

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The yokozuna used a pulling body slam to force his opponent onto the ring.

Kanji

呼call, call out to, invite
戻re-, return, revert

Related words

呼よび戻もどす
呼び戻し is the nominalized form of the verb 呼び戻す, which means 'to call back' or 'to summon back' in general usage, but in sumo it refers specifically to this technique.

Written forms

呼よび戻もどしUsage83%
Standard kanji spelling for this sumo term.
呼よび戻もどしUsage17%
Variant kanji spelling using the older form of 戻.

Etymology

From the verb 呼び戻す (to call back, to pull back), nominalized. The sumo technique name derives from the motion of pulling the opponent back toward oneself.