ちゃんこ長ちょう

noun

head chanko cook in a sumo stable

Sumo term for the most experienced wrestler or stable member responsible for preparing chanko-nabe, the communal hot pot. The role involves menu planning, cooking, and teaching younger wrestlers.

• ちゃんこ長ちょうは毎まい日にち、部屋へやのちゃんこ鍋なべの味あじを決きめる。

  The head chanko cook decides the flavor of the stable's chanko-nabe every day.

• 彼かれは若わかい力りき士しに料りょう理りを教おしえるちゃんこ長ちょうだ。

  He is the head chanko cook who teaches young wrestlers how to cook.