someone asked me about sumo and i went overboard. i copied this out of discord DMs lol . the || are for spoilers where i translated to english, and idk how to do that on forums.
GRAMMAR CORRECTIONS WELCOME, i am trying to practice staying in です・ます
💪🏼 いにしえから相撲は 人たちのご楽になりました ||sumo has become people's entertainment since ancient times|| 私は日本相撲協会（Japan Sumo Association）の「大相撲」を見るのが好きです ||I like to watch the Japan Sumo Association's Grand Sumo tournaments|| 一年に６回、５００人以上の力士が１５日間あつまります ||six times a year, more than 500 rikishi gather for 15 days|| それは「ばしょ」といいます ||that's called a basho|| ばしょの時、いろいろな日本の伝統的なことが見えます ||during a basho, you can see various traditional japanese things||
髪の毛やぎょうじやよびだしや着物や土俵や吊り屋根など みんな興味深いと思います || things like their hair, the referee and yobidashi, the kimono, the dohyou, the floating roof, i think all of it is very interesting|| そのうえ、強くてかっこいい相撲取りが 四股名で呼ばれてから いろいろな動作をしますけれども 勝負は時々２秒でおわりですよ たまりません ||on top of that, after strong & cool sumotori get called by their wrestler names, they do various gestures BUT the bout is sometimes over in 2 seconds. I can't get enough||
He also secured his first Emperor's Cup faster than any competitor since sumo adopted the current calendar of six annual grand tournaments in 1958, having made his official debut in September 2022.
6:54 tamawashi v ichiyamamoto was nuts 12:56 good
17:14 another 7-7 on the last day 18:29 koreyori sanyaku stomp and start of zooming in on oonosato and his dad praying/crying
Yay, a sumo thread! Got into it last year watching NHK and I'm hooked. There's just so much going on in that short time. Midorifuji and the Waka brothers with their speed and agility (though the last two have been changing styles lately, I feel), veterans like Chiyoshouma and Tamawashi who always have a response, showmen like Ura the Man in Pink and Tobizaru the Flying Monkey.
But what I like most is that these people NEVER GIVE UP. They can have their toes on the tawara, their heel and half their body already hanging out, or be inches from the dohyou dirt, and they still. Hang. On. Give their best.
Who are your favourites, everyone? What do you make of the current tournament?
