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gyōji

gyōji is the alternative form of gyoji.

Meaning of gyoji

Noun

gyoji (plural gyoji or gyojis)

  1. A referee in a sumo match.
    • Informants stated that from time immemorial the Emperor himself was a sumo fan, and that it would be disrespectful to appear before him clad in only a long belt-like affair, such as gyojis wear, without his prior consent.1945 January–March, Marvin K[aufmann] Opler, “A ‘Sumo’ Tournament at Tule Lake Center”, in Ralph Linton, editor, American Anthropologist, volume 47, number 1, Menasha, Wis.: American Anthropological...

Forms of gyōji

pluralgyōji

Questions about gyōji

What is gyōji the alternative form of?
Gyōji is the alternative form of gyoji.

Words near gyōji in the dictionary

  1. gyved
  2. gyves
  3. gyving
  4. gyzym
  5. Gyōda
  6. gyōji
  7. gyōza
  8. Győr
  9. Győr-Moson-Sopron
  10. gz
  11. GZAR

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gyōji (page history and authors); gyoji (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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