Street Kanji - 20: 八百長: Sumo Exposed
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八百長/yaochou=rigging a fight
八百屋/yaoya=green grocer
コケ/koke=to fall
ダメ/dame=bad
なら/nara=if
２０万/nijuuman=200,000 (yen)
返す/kaesu=return
Sumo salaries:
As of 2006, the monthly salary figures for makuuchi (in Japanese Yen) were:[18]
Yokozuna Asashoryu performing the distinctive dohyō-iri of his rank
yokozuna: 2,820,000 or about $30,500 USD
ōzeki: 2,347,000 or about $25,000 USD
sanyaku: 1,693,000 or about $18,000 USD
maegashira: 1,309,000 or about $14,000 USD
jūryō: 1,036,000 or about $11,000 USD
Read about the roots of these words here:
Yaochou
http://gogen-allguide.com/ya/yaotyou.html
Yaoya
http://gogen-allguide.com/ya/yaoya.html
Sumo on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo
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