Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kakezori

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kake-zori
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kimarite in which the attacker, with his head under one of his opponent's arms, takes an inside grip on the opponent's mawashi and twists him over a leg while driving his head into the opponent's side to force him over backwards.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 掛け反り, literally "hooking backwards body drop".

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 掛け反り

Questions

What does kakezori mean?: A kimarite in which the attacker, with his head under one of his opponent's arms, takes an inside grip on the opponent's mawashi and twists him over a leg while driving his head into the opponent's side to force him over backwards.
Where does kakezori come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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