Banzuke: List of sumo wrestlers according to rank for a particular grand tournament, reflecting changes in rank due to the results of the previous tournament.

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Basho: Any sumo tournament.

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Gino-sho: Technique prize.

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Heya: Pronounced "beya", a sumo stable. The building where rikishi practice and live. Rikishi from the same heya do not fight each other during the fifteen days of a basho, only squaring off in the event of a playoff.

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Honbasho: A professional sumo tournament, held six times a year in the modern era, where the results affect the wrestlers' rankings.

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Kachi-koshi: More wins than losses for a wrestler in a tournament. This is eight wins for a sekitori with fifteen bouts in a tournament, and four wins for lower-ranked wrestlers with seven bouts in a tournament.

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Kadoban: An ōzeki who has suffered make-koshi in his previous tournament and so will be demoted if he fails to score at least eight wins.

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Kanto-sho: Fighting spirit prize.

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Kyujo: A wrestler's absence from a honbasho, usually due to injury. Results as a loss.

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Make-koshi: More losses than wins for a wrestler in a tournament.

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Nakabi: The middle sunday, or day eight of a basho.

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Rikishi: "Powerful man". A wrestler who competes in Grand Sumo.

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San'yaku: Three ranks. The top for ranks of the makuuchi division.

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Sekitori: Taken the barrier. The top two divisions in Grand Sumo. Members of these ranks are given a salary, and fight on each of the 15 days of the basho. Non-sekitori only fight seven times during a basho.

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Shikona: A rikishi's ring name.

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Shukun-sho: Outstanding performance prize.

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Yusho: A tournament championship.

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