also: つまとり
noun
rear toe pick
Sumo technique where the attacker grabs the opponent's ankle from behind and pulls it up to unbalance them.
彼は褄取りで相手を倒した。
He brought down his opponent with a rear toe pick.
褄取りは足首を後ろから取る技だ。
A rear toe pick is a technique where you grab the ankle from behind.
Abbreviated kanji spelling.
Variant spelling using 端 instead of 褄.
Abbreviated variant spelling.
Alternate reading; less common.
From 褄 (つま, 'skirt; hem; edge') + 取り (とり, 'taking'), referring to grabbing the ankle area.