Nounyokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion · best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

Nounlaw and order; (official) discipline

Noungeneral plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign); mission statement

Nounreins; bridle · control; the reins (on)

Nounmain principle; gist; general plan; guidelines; outline

Nounfundamental principles; main lines · outline; summary; general features

Nountug of war · forward puller (of a rickshaw)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbtightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism · treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

Nounclass

Nounstern line; mooring line

Nounsubclass

Nounwell rope

Nounelements; essentials; outline

Nounhalter

Nounhemp rope

Nounlifeline; safety rope; safety tether

Nounjute

Nounmain point and details

Nounpolitical principle, policy or platform

Nounrope made of hair

Nounmooring rope

Nounrigging

Nounhalter

Nounhalyard

NounOffice of Monastic Affairs (ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority)

Nounanchor cable

Nouncode of morals; moral principles

Nounizuna; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses · keeper of an izuna

Nounthick rope · fundamental principles; outline; general features

Nouninfraclass

Nounlesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Nounleast weasel (Mustela nivalis)

Noungarland; festoon (of flowers)

Nounthree monastic positions with management roles at a temple

Nounthree bonds (in Confucianism: master and servant, father and son, husband and wife)

Nounbridle made from knotted rope or leather · multi-coloured rope ceremonial garland, placed on cattle, large rocks, etc.

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixsuperclass · top-ranking priest in the Office of Monastic Affairs

NounAves (class of vertebrates comprising the birds)

NounPisces (obsolete class of vertebrates comprising the fishes)

Nounrope-making; rope manufacture

Nounparty platform

Nounleash; tether

Nounwell rope

Nounthe thread of life

Nountow rope; dog lead; bell rope; lanyard; sash cord

NounCrustacea

Nounozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna

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

Nounputting on the tsuna