くわんぬき

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くわんぬき – see the following entry.

【閂かんぬき】H [noun] a heavy, usually wooden, crossbar used to lock across double doors or gates of an entrance to a building, similar to a latch [noun] (sumo) a grip in which one wrestler wraps his arms around both of his opponent’s arms and squeezes them together to maneuver the opponent for a kimedashi or kimetaoshi, or to weaken the opponent’s grip on the mawashi; a type of armbar [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 貫木

(This term, くわんぬき (kwannuki), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as くわんぬき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くわんぬき.)