UCCHA-RI うっちゃり
Meanings
① One of the techniques of sumo.
A sumo wrestler who is attacked by another wrestler,
turns and twists to throw the attacker out of the ring.
② To turn the tables at the last minute.
③ A place to dump rocks, mud, and trash in the sea.
The state of being tossed aside and left behind.
Examples
② I was on the offensive from start to finish,
and then I had a big upset at the end and lost.
終始攻めていたのに、最後の一手でうっちゃりをくらわされた。
③ Let’s skip the homework and go have fun.
宿題なんてうっちゃっておいて、遊びに行こうぜ。
Dogmatic Opinion
There is an image that roughly moves the image in the opposite horizontal direction.
Since “Ucchari” itself is the name of a sumo technique,
the usage in ② is difficult to convey unless the recipient is familiar with sumo.
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