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序ノ口格 (じょのくちかく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

序じょノ口くち格かく

Meanings

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noun

referee officiating the lowest division

sumo

In sumo, a referee (gyōji) of the lowest rank, officiating matches in the jonokuchi division.

序じょノ口くち格かくの行ぎょう司じが土ど俵ひょうに上あがった。
A referee of the lowest rank stepped onto the ring.

Written forms

序じょノ口くち格かく
Standard kanji spelling for this sumo term.
序じょの口くち格かく
Variant spelling using hiragana の instead of katakana ノ.

Kanji

序preface, beginning, order
口mouth
格

status, rank, capacity

Similar words

序じょノ口くち
Refers to the lowest division in sumo, not the referee rank.
行ぎょう司じ
General term for a sumo referee; 序ノ口格 specifies the lowest rank among them.

Etymology

Compound of 序ノ口 (jonokuchi, the lowest sumo division) and 格 (kaku, rank/status).