Ozeki
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ozeki is a noun meaning (sumo) A sumo wrestler ranking below yokozuna and above sekiwake; champion.
Meaning
(sumo) A sumo wrestler ranking below yokozuna and above sekiwake; champion.
Example Sentences
Former ozeki Hokutenyu, who held sumo’s second-highest rank for 44 tournaments […] died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Friday at the age of 45.
Terunofuji is the first in 64 years to be promoted to ozeki after spending two tournaments as a komusubi or sekiwake and the first since the season went to six meets in 1958.
Word Forms
- ozekis
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yokozuna, sanyaku, ozumo, yusho, kachi-koshi, shukun-sho.
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