Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yorikiri

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yorikiri
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent out backwards while maintaining a constant grip on his mawashi.

Etymology

From Japanese 寄り切り (yorikiri, “frontal force out”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 寄り切り

Questions

What does yorikiri mean?: A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent out backwards while maintaining a constant grip on his mawashi.
Where does yorikiri come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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