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fundamental principles

yokozuna (highest rank in sumo)

main principle

general plan

tug of war

rope

tightrope walking

reins

lifeline

enforcement of official discipline

law and order

three monastic positions with management roles at a temple

main point and details

mooring rope

(one's) handling of the reins

ceremony of tsuna-making

party platform

political principle, policy or platform

platform (e.g. of a party)

tow rope

infraclass

superclass

well rope

elements

code of conduct

Amphibia (class comprising the extant and extinct amphibians)

ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna

leash

grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins

well rope

grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2

code of morals

the thread of life

wrestler newly promoted to grand champion

university amateur champion

bridle made from knotted rope or leather

Tricoplacia (class of multicellular invertebrates)

to tighten the reins

rigging

one's last hope

National Defense Program Outline

to become a yokozuna

rope-making

to loosen the reins

Polychaeta (class of annelid worms)

keeper of an izuna (fox-like spirit)

mental characteristics expected of a grand champion

Monoplacophora (polyphyletic class of mollusks)

clothesline

clothes line

Yokozuna Deliberation Committee

last ray of hope

Scaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells)

facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill

Graptolithina (class of extinct hemichordates)

Arachnida

Gnetopsida (class of gymnosperms)

mooring line

Eutheria (mammalian infraclass)

Metatheria (mammalian infraclass)

Anthozoa (class of cnidarians)

Gastropoda (class of molluscs)

Japan's press code (developed in 1946)

putting on the tsuna

Eutheria (mammalian infraclass)

champion of children's sumo

Tetrapoda

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Aves (class of vertebrates comprising the birds)

izuna

Arachnida

halter

hemp rope

Synapsida (class of amniotes)

Pisces (obsolete class of vertebrates comprising the fishes)

rope ladder

subclass

former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony

Heterodonta (subclass of bivalve molluscs, including the clams and cockles)

Prototheria

Osteichthyes (class comprising the bony fishes and sometimes their descendants, i.e. tetrapods)

practice session where grand champion is present

rope made of hair

Insecta (class comprising the insects)

Asplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort)

Office of Monastic Affairs (ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority)

Chondrichthyes (class comprising cartilaginous fishes)

halyard

Crustacea

halter

Diapsida (class of amniotes)

Allotheria (subclass of Mesozoic mammals)

Reptilia

Solenogastres (subclass of small worm-like molluscs)

laxity in official discipline

Actinopterygii (class of the ray-finned fishes)

Theria (mammalian subclass)

Glaucophyceae (class of glaucophytes)

Rostroconchia (class of extinct molluscs)

Mammalia

Sarcopterygii (class comprising the lobe-finned fishes)

anchor cable

Choanoflagellatea (class of flagellate eukaryotes closely related to animals)