Japanese Word Entry

相撲を取る
Kana:すもうをとる
Romaji:sumouwotoru
Definitions:
  1. to wrestle with, to contest an issue

  2. to take part in sumo


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Chinese characters used in this word

inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy, reciprocal
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄤ (xiāng), ㄒㄧㄤˋ (xiàng)
Cantonese: soeng1
Japanese: ソウ (sou)、 ショウ (shou) / あい- (ai-)、 あい (ai)、 みる (miru)、 たすける (tasukeru)
Korean: 상 (sang)
Vietnamese: tương, tướng

slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak, pound, attack
Readings
Mandarin: ㄆㄨ (pū), ㄅㄨˇ (bǔ)
Cantonese: pok3
Japanese: ボク (boku)、 ハク (haku)、 ホク (hoku) / うつ (utsu)
Korean: 박 (bag), 복 (bog)
Vietnamese: phác, bạc, vục
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

take, fetch, take up, receive, obtain, select
Readings
Mandarin: ㄑㄩˇ (qǔ), ㄑㄩ (qū)
Cantonese: ceoi2
Japanese: シュ (shu) / と.る (toru)、 と.り (tori)、 と.り- (tori-)、 -ど.り (-dori)
Korean: 취 (chwi)
Vietnamese: thủ