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    3. 差し手

    差し手

    差さし​手て

    slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt

    KMT9News #35+1NounSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    さして

    Noun

    1.
    slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt
    sumo

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは差さし手てで相あい手てのまわしを取とった。

    He grasped his opponent's belt with a sashite.

    KMT7Sports & Martial Arts
    差さし手てからの攻せめは、相すも撲うの基き本ほん的てきな戦せん術じゅつの一ひとつだ。

    Attacking from a sashite position is one of the basic tactics in sumo.

    KMT9Sports & Martial Arts
    差さし手てを許ゆるすと、相あい手てに有ゆう利りな体たい勢せいを作つくられてしまう。

    If you allow your opponent to get a sashite, they will be able to create an advantageous position.

    KMT9Sports & Martial Arts
    彼かれは鋭するどい差さし手てで、一いっ気きに相あい手ての懐ふところに入はいり込こんだ。

    With a sharp sashite, he quickly got inside his opponent's guard.

    KMT9Sports & Martial Arts
    差さし手て争あらそいは、力りき士しの技ぎ術じゅつと読よみが試ためされる重じゅう要ような局きょく面めんである。

    The struggle for a sashite is a crucial phase where a sumo wrestler's technique and foresight are tested.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    差
    さ.す・さ.し…(1)
    distinction・difference・variation・discrepancy・margin…(1)
    Kanji
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
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