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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RIKISHI

Japanese, literally: strong man.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RIKISHI

rikishi  [rɪˈkɪʃɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIKISHI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rikishi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RIKISHI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rikishi

Rikishi is the Japanese term most commonly used to describe a professional sumo wrestler. The two kanji characters that make up the word are "strength/power" and "gentleman/samurai"; consequently, and more idiomatically, 'a gentleman of strength'. This is reflective of the strength and toughness expected of a sumo wrestler and the gentleman samurai image still afforded to sumo wrestlers who have continued into modern times to dress as the samurai of old. In popular use, the term rikishi can mean any sumo wrestler and an alternative term to sumotori or the more colloquial sumosan. Within the world of sumo, rikishi is used as a catch-all term for wrestlers who are in the lower, un-salaried divisions of jonokuchi, jonidan, sandanme, and makushita. The more prestigious term sekitori is used to refer to wrestlers who have risen to the two highest divisions of jūryō and makuuchi and who have significantly more status, privilege and salary than their lower-division division counterparts, as enumerated here. For details about the differences in competition between divisions see Professional sumo divisions.

Definition of rikishi in the English dictionary

The definition of rikishi in the dictionary is a sumo wrestler.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIKISHI


dishy
ˈdɪʃɪ
facie
ˈfeɪʃɪ
fishy
ˈfɪʃɪ
flourishy
ˈflʌrɪʃɪ
heishi
ˈhaɪʃɪ
meishi
ˈmeɪʃɪ
nebbishy
ˈnebɪʃɪ
rishi
ˈrɪʃɪ
rubbishy
ˈrʌbɪʃɪ
squishy
ˈskwɪʃɪ
stishie
ˈstɪʃɪ
Swadeshi
swəˈdeɪʃɪ
swishy
ˈswɪʃɪ
varnishy
ˈvɑːnɪʃɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIKISHI

rigout
rigsdaler
rigwiddie
Rijeka
rijksdaaler
Rijksmuseum
Rijn
rijstafel
rijsttafel
Rijswijk
Riksdag
rile
riled
Riley
rilievi
rilievo
Rilke
rill
rille
rillet

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIKISHI

Bangladeshi
bimbashi
buzkashi
dashi
deshi
imshi
karoshi
Kashi
Lubumbashi
Maebashi
maharishi
munshi
nashi
Quashi
roshi
sushi
tokoloshi
Ustashi
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
waribashi

Synonyms and antonyms of rikishi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rikishi» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIKISHI

Find out the translation of rikishi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rikishi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rikishi» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

力士
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rikishi
570 millions of speakers

English

rikishi
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rikishi
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ريكيشي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рикиси
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rikishi
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

rikishi
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rikishi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rikishi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rikishi
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

力士
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rikishi
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rikishi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Rikishi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரிக்கிஷி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रिक्षा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rikishi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Rikishi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rikishi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рікісі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rikishi
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

rikishi
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rikishi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rikishi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Rikishi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rikishi

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIKISHI»

The term «rikishi» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.350 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIKISHI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rikishi» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rikishi» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rikishi

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIKISHI»

Discover the use of rikishi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rikishi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rikishi
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Solofa F. Fatu, Jr. (born October 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Rikishi.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Joy of Sumo
I thought it a clever tactic for a lighter rikishi to move laterally at tachiai against bigger opponents. But Shinko said no, for the same reason: balance. Even if a rikishi is heavily outweighed, "He has to go straight in — head-to-head," said Shinko.
David Benjamin, 1991
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Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases XV
The first dependency represents the key on NB0uT: BouT(Winner(NRl«I»«I), Loser^TM,,,), at(/VBAS«o)) -> /VBour. (1) The shikona (ringname) of a rikishi determines all the static information of that rikishi, i.e., everything hut his weight, the ...
Yasushi Kiyoki, E. Kawaguchi, H. Jaakkola, 2004
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Japan
The junior rikishi must get up earliest, around5a.m., fortrainingwhereasthesekitorimaystartaround7a.m. When the sekitori are training the junior rikishi may have chores to do, such as assisting in cooking the lunch, cleaning and preparing the ...
By Wikipedians
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Early and Buddhist Stone Sculpture of Japan
The word 'rikishi' means: a mighty person. In form they are depicted bare-bodied and well-muscled door-guardians of Buddhist temples. One voices his wrath by the open mouth, with the other choking back his anger with firmly pursed lips, but  ...
Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya, 2004
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The Tables All Were Broken: McNeill's Take on the End of ...
[Commercial] (7) The Rock 86 Rikishi Phatu defeated Kurt Angle 8C Kane in 4:17 when Rikishi pinned Angle. Kane was introduced second, and started beating up Angle as payback for Smackdown. As a result, Angle stood by the railing for ...
Pat McNeill, 2002
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Gold Medal Physics: The Science of Sports
Sure, the rikishi feel outside forces from the Earth (weights); but those forces are mostly canceled by normal forces from the ground. Each rikishi feels a frictional force from the ground; but when considering the system to consist of both rikishi,  ...
John Eric Goff, 2010
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Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story
Then when Rikishi came down to make the save, I took him out for good measure . As they loaded him into an ambulance, I started yelling at ring announcer Tony Chimel, demanding that he announce me as the winner against Rikishi “by ...
Eddie Guerrero, 2005
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American Tomodachi
A referee, dressed like a wizard from Lord of the Rings, moved the fan he had been holding the whole time so both rikishi could see it, indicating “the stalling is done, let's get it on.” The wrestlers, with their stomachs hanging almost to the ...
Bill Anderson, 2009
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Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan
kyujo: A rikishi who takes an absence due to an injury sustained during competition is considered "kyujo." makunouchi: The highest of sumo's six divisions. mawashi: Clothing worn by rikishi during competition or practice. It consists of a single ...
Mark Panek, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIKISHI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rikishi is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kane Sends Warning To NBA Star, Ric Flair Hosting All Star Game …
VegasNews.com has a short article at this link about WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi attending the Blue Man Group show at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino ... «Wrestling Inc., Jun 15»
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Members Of Rikishi's Family Also Upset Over The 2015 WWE Hall …
Besides the Twitter drama with former Too Cool partner Scotty 2 Hotty, there was another issue surrounding Rikishi's WWE Hall of Fame induction as his former ... «Wrestling Inc., Apr 15»
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WWE News: Why Rikishi Never Mentioned 'Too Cool' In His Hall Of …
One third of the most popular acts of the attitude era, Rikishi, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last weekend, and a lot of people are confused as to why ... «The Inquisitr, Apr 15»
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WWE News: Hall Of Fame Speech By Rikishi Upsets Former WWE …
Last night at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony in San Jose, former WWE superstar Rikishi was inducted as part of the Class of 2015. The induction speech was ... «The Inquisitr, Mar 15»
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Hulk Hogan Teases WrestleMania Surprises, Post-HOF Kevin Nash …
Gangrel commented on working with Rikishi at their Knox Pro Wrestling School: "It's awesome. It's like working with family. When we train people, we bring them ... «Wrestling Inc., Mar 15»
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WWE Hall of Fame 2015 Inductees: Savage, Schwarzenegger …
Rikishi was an Attitude Era mainstay and formed a stable with Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty). He's the father of WWE wrestlers Jey and ... «Mstarz, Mar 15»
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Throwback Thursday: WWE Hall of Fame Showcase: Rikishi
Rikishi was another example of the Samoan heritage in the WWE and he used his size and speed to have a lot of great matches and rivalries over his years in ... «Inside Pulse, Mar 15»
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, Alundra …
... Network March 30 at 11 p.m. Joining Schwarzenegger in the Class of 2015 are “Macho Man” Randy Savage, The Bushwhackers, Alundra Blayze and Rikishi. «Entertainment Weekly, Mar 15»
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Reaction To NXT Takeover: Rival, How Should Sheamus Return …
Justin LaBar and Josh Isenberg give their proverbial thumbs up, or thumbs down, to topics given by Collins. This week, the guys focus on NXT Takeover, Rikishi, ... «Wrestlezone, Feb 15»
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10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Rikishi
RIkishi is the latest person to be announced as an inductee to the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2015. He joins esteemed company in the form of Macho Man ... «WhatCulture, Feb 15»

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