Editing Sumo (section)

==Etymology==
The spoken word ''sumō'' goes back to the verb ''sumau/sumafu'', meaning 'compete' or 'fight'. The written word goes back to the expression {{nihongo||相撲の節|sumai no sechi}}, which was a wrestling competition at the imperial court during the [[Heian period]]. The characters from ''sumai'', or ''sumō'' today, mean 'to strike each other'. There are instances of "sumo" alternatively being written with the [[kanji]] "{{nihongo2|角力}}", as in the {{lang|ja-latn|[[Nihon Shoki]]}}. Here, the first character means 'corner', but serves as a phonetic element, as one reading of it is ''sumi'', while the second character means 'force'.

''Sumō'' is also a general term for wrestling in Japanese. For example, {{nihongo3|'arm sumō'|腕相撲|udezumō}} means '[[arm wrestling]]', and {{nihongo3|'finger sumō'|指相撲|yubizumō}} means '[[Finger pulling|finger wrestling]]'. The professional sumo observed by the [[Japan Sumo Association]] is called {{nihongo||大相撲|ōzumō}}, or 'grand sumo'.