Word origins

• takuanA type of pickled daikon radish, half-dried before being pickled with rice bran and salt or sugar, typically yellow in color.
• talkloidThe practice of producing speech using singing voice synthesis software, such as Vocaloid.
• tamagoyakiA Japanese omelette made by rolling together several layers of cooked egg, usually prepared in a rectangular pan.
• tamahaganeA traditional Japanese steel made with ironsand and used to make swords, knives, etc.
• tamakeriA sexual fetish and subgenre of pornography based around the physical abuse of a man's testicles.
• TamanahaA surname from Japanese.
• TamashiroA surname from Japanese.
• -tanSynonym of -chan.
• TanabataAn annual Japanese festival, starting on 7 July, celebrating the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair), said to be separated at other times by the Milky Way.
• tanyaoA yaku awarded for winning a hand with no honor or terminal tiles.
• tarentoA celebrity who regularly appears on mass media in Japan, especially as a panelist on variety shows.
• tarikiother power, outside help. Practice that assumes one's own capability is not sufficient, instead relying on other power - see also jiriki.
• tasukizoriA kimarite in which the attacker ducks under his opponent's arm, grabs his arm and back leg and leans backwards, driving him over.
• tatakiThinly sliced raw, or lightly cooked bonito, tuna or beef.
• tategyojiEither of the two highest-ranked gyoji who referee matches involving a yokozuna.
• TatsukoA female given name from Japanese.
• tawaraAny of the straw bales, packed with earth, placed in a circle on the dohyo and forming the area that the rikishi must stay inside.
• tegatanaThe ceremonial gesture made by a winning wrestler after receiving his prize money.
• teikeiA system of community-supported agriculture in Japan.
• teishokuA set meal, usually a tray with one or more main courses, along with a number of side dishes (salad, rice, pickles, soup, etc.).
• teishoku-yaA type of Japanese restaurant, similar to an American diner, that serves cheap, commonplace foods.
• temakiA type of sushi in the form of a cone.
• tenchaPartially processed tea leaves that will be used to make matcha.
• tenkasuCrunchy pieces of deep-fried flour batter used in Japanese cuisine.
• tenmokuA dark glaze with a surface that resembles oil spotting, made of feldspar, limestone, and iron oxide.
• tenpaiThe game state in which a player's hand requires only one tile to be completed.
• TenpyoA Japanese era from August 729 through April 749.
• TenrikyoA monotheistic religion in Japan founded by Nakayama Miki in 1838.
• tensanA silk produced by the Japanese oak silkmoth (Antherea yamamai).
• tenuguiA type of cloth used variously as a bandana, handkerchief, or washcloth.
• tenukiplaying elsewhere; ignoring the opponent's last move.
• TerashitaA surname from Japanese.
• TerauchiA surname from Japanese.
• TeruhisaA male given name from Japanese.
• TerukoA female given name from Japanese.
• TerunariA male given name from Japanese.
• TeruyaA unisex given name from Japanese.
• teuchi-shikiA welcoming ceremony to new rikishi.
• tobikoThe roe of flying fish used as food.
• todorokiteA manganese oxide mineral, also containing calcium, barium, potassium, sodium, and sometimes magnesium that is a major constituent of manganese nodules
• togarashichili peppers or chili pepper-related products from Japan, specifically the spice mixture consisting of mandarin orange peel, sesame seed, poppy seed, hemp seed, nori or aonori, and ground sansho
• toitoihouA yaku awarded to a hand consisting of four triplets and/or kans and a pair.
• TokachiA river in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan; in full, Tokachi River.
• Tokara IslandsAn archipelago of Japan.
• TokashikiA surname from Japanese.
• tokei-gakariThe shimpan who acts as timekeeper.
• tokkuriA bottle from which saké is served.
• tokkurinageA kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's head or neck with both hands and twists him over.
• tokonomaA recess in a domestic interior in which things are displayed, such as kakemono (hanging scrolls) or ikebana (flower arrangements).
• tokorotenA dish in Japanese cuisine made from agarophytes, traditionally by boiling tengusa (Gelidium amansii) and then allowing the mixture to congeal into a jelly.
• tokoyamaA hairdresser who makes the rikishi's topknot; they have their own ranks.
• TokudaijiA surname from Japanese.
• toku-dawaraSmall enlargements at the cardinal points of the dohyo; originally the entry and exit points.
• TokuhisaA surname from Japanese.
• TomidaA surname from Japanese.
• TomigawaA surname from Japanese.
• TomiiA surname from Japanese.
• TomikawaA surname from Japanese.
• TomimoriA surname from Japanese.
• TomimuraA surname from Japanese.
• TomisakiA surname from Japanese.
• TomizakiA surname from Japanese.
• tonkatsuA popular Japanese dish consisting of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet served in bite-sized pieces and often accompanied by shredded cabbage and miso soup.
• tonkotsuA Japanese broth made from pork marrow, typically served with ramen.
• torafuguTakifugu rubripes, a kind of pufferfish.
• torikumia sumo bout
• torikumi-hyoThe programme of bouts in a day at a tournament.
• torinaoshia rematch; ordered by the judges if unable to determine a winner
• tororokombuSaccharina gyrata, an edible kelp.
• ToshigamiThe god of the coming year, celebrated at New Years.
• ToshikatsuA male given name from Japanese.
• ToshimitsuA male given name from Japanese.
• toshiyoriAn elder.
• toshiyori-kabuOne of the 105 licenses to coach, and the associated name of an elder.
• tottariA kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's arm at the wrist, bars it, and forces him down.
• touhouA character from the Touhou series.
• ToyosaburoA male given name from Japanese.
• tskrIndicates gratefulness to the livestreamer.
• tsuchinokoA legendary snake-like cryptid of Japan.
• TsugukoA female given name from Japanese.
• tsujigahanaA Japanese dyeing technique.
• tsukaminageA kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent past him and heaves him into the air.
• tsukebitoAn attendant of a higher-ranked rikishi or gyoji.
• tsukemonoA type of Japanese vegetable pickle.
• tsukidashiA kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent backwards and out using a rhythmic thrusting motion.
• tsukihizaa situation in which a rikishi accidentally touches the dohyo with his knee, his opponent thus winning
• TsukikoA female given name from Japanese.
• tsuki-oshia style of fighting involving only thrusts or pushes
• tsukiotoshiA kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent down using a thrusting movement on his rib cage or shoulder.
• tsukitaoshiA kimarite in which the attacker, after a heated slapping exchange, thrusts his opponent over onto his back or side.
• tsukiteThe situation in which a rikishi accidentally touches the dohyo with his hand, his opponent thus winning.
• tsukubaiA small basin, usually of stone, used for ritual ablution in Japanese Buddhist temples and before the tea ceremony.
• tsukudaniA Japanese dish consisting of seafood, seaweed or other ingredients simmered in soy sauce and mirin.
• TsukuyomiThe Japanese moon god, son of Izanami and Izanagi and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Ōyamatsumi and Kagutsuchi.
• tsumatoria kimarite in which the attacker reaches down and picks up his opponent's foot (at the toes) and pulls back and up forcing him to fall forward
• tsume shogiShogi problems in which the goal is to find a forced checkmate.
• tsunathe wide ceremonial belt, with hanging zigzag ribbons, worn by a yokozuna
• tsunauchithe ceremony in which a yokozuna's tsuna belt is made and presented
• tsundereA fictional character who fits the archetype of being cold or even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side.
• tsuridashiA kimarite in which the attacker grips his opponent's mawashi and heaves him into the air, lifting him over and out of the ring.