かんぬき

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かんぬき – see the following entry.
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a heavy, usually wooden, crossbar used to lock across double doors or gates of an entrance to a building, similar to a latch
(sumo) a grip in which one wrestler wraps his arms around both of his opponent’s arms and squeezes them together to maneuver the opponent for a kimedashi or kimetaoshi, or to weaken the opponent’s grip on the mawashi; a type of armbar
a surname
Alternative spelling
貫木
(This term, かんぬき (kannuki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as かんぬき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かんぬき.)