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弓取り (yumitori)

Romaji: yumitori

Meaning

  1. archer; warrior; samurai
  2. skilled bowman
  3. bow-twirling ceremony at the end of each day of a Grand Sumo Tournament; wrestler who performs the bow-twirling ceremony (sumo)

Kanji and stroke order

bow, bow (archery, violin)
on: キュウ
kun: ゆみ
3 strokes · JLPT 1
take, fetch, take up
on: シュ
kun: と.る、と.り、と.り-、とり
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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