月げつ面めん宙ちゅう返がえり

noun

moonsault

A professional wrestling move where the wrestler performs a backflip from the top rope, landing on a standing opponent. The term is a Japanese coinage from English 'moon' and 'somersault'.

See also: ムーンサルト

• 彼かれの得とく意い技わざは月げつ面めん宙ちゅう返がえりだ。

  His signature move is the moonsault.

• 月げつ面めん宙ちゅう返がえりを決きめて試し合あいに勝かった。

  He won the match by executing a moonsault.