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Level: 266

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

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いにしえからたちのごになりました
||sumo has become people's entertainment since ancient times||
(Japan Sumo Association)の「」をるのがきです
||I like to watch the Japan Sumo Association's Grand Sumo tournaments||
に6、500が15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、いろいろななことがえます
||during a basho, you can see various traditional japanese things||

やぎょうじやよびだしやなど みんないといます
|| 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、くてかっこいいりが ばれてから いろいろなをしますけれども 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||


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short interviews of 3 wrestlers "to watch"

y'all need to get hyped


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it takes like half an hour to watch just the top division ( makuuchi) highlights, these are the Official ones:

day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5

"Top 5s" with info from some guy cause I don't see the NHK world highlights : day 6, day 7, day 8

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looool y'all

Sumo: Top-division debutant Takerufuji wins historic championship

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.



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p00t
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Sumo is so fascinating to me! I want to track down some of those tournament videos and watch them now

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Next tournament starts Sunday

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Here's some stuff to study:

1. extremely short introductions of a few wrestlers with Japanese transcription under each video

2. nhk kimarite playlist (kimarite are the finishing moves that are declared with the winner)

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polar bear vs lion (juryo day 3)

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Anonymous123
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I enjoy watching the matches with {うら}. He's a very dynamic wrestler.

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alright May 2024 tournament's over, last day on NHK world:


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

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