腕相撲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腕	相	撲
うで Grade: S	すもう > ずもう
	Grade: 3	Grade: S
kun'yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spelling
腕ずもう

Etymology

Compound of 腕 (“wrist”) +‎ 相撲 (“sumo”). The sumō changes to zumō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うでずもー [ùdézúꜜmòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟de̞zɨmo̞ː]

Noun

腕(うで)相撲(ずもう) • (udezumō) 

1. arm wrestling