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kinboshi

kinboshi noun: an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.

Noun

kinboshi

  1. An honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.

Origin of kinboshi

Borrowed from Japanese 金星 (kinboshi, “gold star”).

Questions about kinboshi

What does kinboshi mean?
Kinboshi means an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
What part of speech is kinboshi?
Kinboshi is a noun.

Words near kinboshi in the dictionary

  1. kinations
  2. Kinawitnon
  3. kinbaku
  4. Kinbasket
  5. Kinberg
  6. kinboshi
  7. kinbote
  8. Kinbotean
  9. Kinboteans
  10. kinbotes
  11. Kinbrace

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