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新十両 (しんじゅうりょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

新しん十じゅう両りょう

Meanings

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noun

newly promoted juryo wrestler

sumo

Sumo term for a wrestler who has just been promoted to the juryo (second-highest) division.

今こん場ば所しょは新しん十じゅう両りょうが三さん人にんいる。
There are three newly promoted juryo wrestlers this tournament.

Kanji

新new
十ten
両both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train)

Similar words

十じゅう両りょう
十両 is the juryo division itself; 新十両 refers specifically to a wrestler newly promoted to that division.

Etymology

Compound of 新 (new) and 十両 (juryo, the second-highest sumo division).