makushita tsukedashi; system allowing top amateur sumo wrestlers to start pro career at makushita division
Sumo term. Refers to the special promotion system for highly successful amateur wrestlers, allowing them to enter professional sumo at the third-highest division (makushita) rather than from the bottom.
See also: 付け出し
As an amateur yokozuna, he qualified for the makushita tsukedashi system.
幕下付け出しで入門した力士は、最初から幕下の地位が与えられる。
A wrestler who enters via makushita tsukedashi is given a makushita rank from the start.
A broader term for a system that allows a person to start at a higher rank; 幕下付け出し specifically refers to the sumo system starting at the makushita division.
Standard kanji spelling for this sumo term.
Variant spelling using 付 instead of 付け; both are seen.
Compound of 幕下 (makushita, the third-highest sumo division) and 付け出し (tsukedashi, a system of starting at a higher rank). The term is specific to professional sumo.