harai goshi; sweeping hip throw
A judo throwing technique classified as a hip technique (koshi-waza). The attacker sweeps the opponent's leg while loading them onto the hip.
He threw his opponent with a harai goshi.
Harai goshi is one of the hip techniques.
Standard kanji spelling for this judo technique.
Alternate spelling with okurigana; less common but still used.
Compound of 払い (harai, 'sweeping') and 腰 (koshi, 'hip'), describing the sweeping leg action combined with a hip throw.