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sekitori

sekitori noun: a rikishi, of rank juryo and above, who draws a salary.

Noun

sekitori (plural sekitori or sekitoris)

  1. A rikishi, of rank juryo and above, who draws a salary.
    • Sekitoris wrestle every one of the 15 days of a basho.1977, Larry Winderbaum, “Sekitori”, in The Martial Arts Encyclopedia, Washington, D.C.: INSCAPE, →ISBN, page 143, column 1

Forms of sekitori

pluralsekitori
pluralsekitoris

Origin of sekitori

Borrowed from Japanese 関取.

Questions about sekitori

What does sekitori mean?
Sekitori means a rikishi, of rank juryo and above, who draws a salary.
What part of speech is sekitori?
Sekitori is a noun.
What is the plural of sekitori?
The plural of sekitori is sekitori.

Words near sekitori in the dictionary

  1. Sekigahara
  2. Sekigawa
  3. Sekiguchi
  4. sekihan
  5. sekikaic acid
  6. sekitori
  7. sekitoris
  8. sekiwake
  9. sekiwakes
  10. Sekmai
  11. sekoi

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