Etymology

susoharai

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Today it means: A kimarite in which the attacker sweeps his opponent's leg forward and pulls him backwards and down. Full definition →

Japanese 裾払い
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from裾払い“bottom sweep”
  2. English todaysusoharai

From Japanese 裾払い (“bottom sweep”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.