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What does sumo mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.
  2. (countable, colloquial) A rikishi (sumo wrestler)
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Like just about everybody else, I'd had to practice things like sumo, judo, kendo, and jukenjutsu during the war.
Often beaten in such wrestling matches, he decided to train for a time under a sumo stablemaster named Tamagaki.
Many of the old and traditional art forms like for instance Japanese sumo wrestling could remain their popularity until our days.
It used to be that retiring Japanese sumo wrestling champions stayed in the sport after peaking in the ring.
As anyone who has seen sumo on TV knows, the dohyo is a square with the circular ring inside.
But cheaper tickets and wrestlers hawking rice crackers won't be enough to rescue sumo.

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