Etymology

shini-tai

Today it means: A rikishi who is crushed by his opponent when both fall simultaneously. Full definition →

Japanese 死に体
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from死に体“dead body”
  2. English todayshini-tai

From Japanese 死に体 (“dead body”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.