rear toe pick
A sumo technique where the attacker hooks the opponent's rear toe from the outside, often used as a last-ditch move at the edge of the ring.
He won by reversal with a rear toe pick at the edge of the ring.
Standard kanji spelling for this sumo term.
Variant spelling without the okurigana り; less common.
Compound of 小 (ko, 'small') + 褄 (tsuma, 'skirt/hem', here referring to the toe area) + 取り (tori, 'taking'). The reading こづまとり reflects rendaku (voicing of つま to づま).