yokozuna
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 24
- Words With Friends
- 25
- Letters
- 8
Definition of yokozuna
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The highest rank of sumo wrestler, above ozeki; grand champion.
“A yokozuna is the very highest rank in sumo – “just like Mameha's position in Gion,” as Nobu explained it to me. I had no reason to doubt him; but if Mameha ever took half as much time entering a party as these yokozuna took entering the ring, she'd certainly never be invited back.”
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noun
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The highest rank of sumo wrestler, above ozeki; grand champion.
“A yokozuna is the very highest rank in sumo – “just like Mameha's position in Gion,” as Nobu explained it to me. I had no reason to doubt him; but if Mameha ever took half as much time entering a party as these yokozuna took entering the ring, she'd certainly never be invited back.”
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A person holding the rank, either competing at the rank or retired after having achieved it.
“What mattered most was that, from the very top of the Nihon Sumo Kyōkai, Yokozuna Akebono had been shown respect.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Japanese 横綱(よこづな) (yokozuna, “wide rope”), the symbol of their rank worn about the waist.
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