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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(sumo) A sumo wrestler of the lowest sanyaku rank, below sekiwake and above maegashira..
[…] Kitani and Go were still only like the komusubi juniors in sumo program rankings. […] In fact, their first ten-game match was described merely as the battle of the komusubis.
Sekiwake Tochinoshin (3-2) picked up a much-needed win against komusubi Chiyotairyu (1-4) after suffering his second loss the previous day.
Use komusubi when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Komusubi means (sumo) A sumo wrestler of the lowest sanyaku rank, below sekiwake and above maegashira..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] Kitani and Go were still only like the komusubi juniors in sumo program rankings. […] In fact, their first ten-game match was described merely as the battle of the komusubis.
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