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sekiwake

sekiwake noun: a sumo wrestler ranked below ozeki and above komusubi.

Noun

sekiwake (plural sekiwake or sekiwakes)

  1. A sumo wrestler ranked below ozeki and above komusubi.
    • The highest rank attainable is yokozuna, or grand champion. […] After him in standing come the ozekis, or champions; the sekiwakes, or junior champions; […]1965, Myra Waldo, “Japan”, in Travel Guide to the Orient and the Pacific, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 157
    • Are there special standards for promotion to sekiwake or komusubi? No. The same standards apply as for promotion within the maegashira ranks.2018, “Standards for Sumo ranking chart”, in Ozumo.com, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2018

Forms of sekiwake

pluralsekiwake
pluralsekiwakes

Origin of sekiwake

Borrowed from Japanese 関脇 (sekiwake).

Questions about sekiwake

What does sekiwake mean?
Sekiwake means a sumo wrestler ranked below ozeki and above komusubi.
What part of speech is sekiwake?
Sekiwake is a noun.
What is the plural of sekiwake?
The plural of sekiwake is sekiwake.

Words near sekiwake in the dictionary

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

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