English
kakezori
Kakezori comes from Japanese 掛け反り.
- Japanesemodern掛け反り
- Englishtodaykakezori
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Lineage
- Japanesemodern掛け反り
- Englishtodaykakezori
The story
Borrowed from Japanese 掛け反り, literally "hooking backwards body drop".
Every English word from Japanese 掛け反り
Today it means
noun A kimarite in which the attacker, with his head under one of his opponent's arms, takes an inside grip on the opponent's mawashi and twists him over a leg while driving his head into the opponent's side to force him over backwards.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 掛け反り / kakezori