くいさがる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くいさがる – see the following entry.

[verb] to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to

[verb] to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose

[verb] (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

(This term, くいさがる, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)