fusen

Borrowed from Japanese 不戦 (fusen, “not fighting, not competing”).

fusen (plural fusen)

1. (sumo) A sumo match that is cancelled due to the absence of one of the rikishi.

• fusenhai
• fusensho

fusen

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふせん

• fesen

From Old English fȳsan (“to send forth, impel, stimulate: drive away, put to flight, banish; hasten, prepare oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *funsijaną. Reinforced by Old English gefȳsan (“to make ready, cause to hasten, make eager”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuːzən/

fūsen (third-person singular simple present fūseth, present participle fūsende, simple past and past participle fūsed)

1. To send or bring speedily; to hasten; to launch, to hurl a weapon; to proceed

   He lette þider fusen al þat he hafde ihalden, þat corn of þissen londe. — Layamon's Brut, 1275

2. To put to flight; pursue, to banish, to rush or charge at

   Oþer þu heom fusen, oþer þu heom feolle. — Layamon's Brut, 1275

3. To urge on or exhort

• fus — eager, willing

• English: fease, feese, feeze, pheeze, faze
• Scots: faize