寄より

noun

pushing back an opponent while locked in close quarters (sumo)

A sumo technique where wrestlers are chest-to-chest and one forces the other backward. Not used in general contexts.

• 横よこ綱づなは寄よりで相あい手てを土ど俵ひょうの外そとへ押おし出だした。

  The yokozuna pushed his opponent out of the ring with a yori.

suffix

tending toward; close to; -ish

Attaches to nouns or verb stems to indicate a tendency, inclination, or approximation. Often used in compounds like 甘えん坊寄り (leaning toward being spoiled) or 右寄り (right-leaning).

• 彼かれの意い見けんはどちらかというと保ほ守しゅ寄よりだ。

  His opinion leans somewhat toward the conservative side.

• この色いろは青あお寄よりの緑みどりですね。

  This color is a bluish green, isn't it?