前まえ相撲ずもう

noun

preliminary sumo bouts for unranked wrestlers; unranked sumo wrestlers

Sumo term. Refers to the matches held before the main tournament for wrestlers who have not yet achieved a rank, or to those wrestlers themselves.

• 前まえ相撲ずもうは序じょノ口くちの下したの力りき士しが取とる取とり組くみです。

  Maezumō are bouts fought by wrestlers below the jonokuchi rank.

• 彼かれはまだ前まえ相撲ずもうだが、将しょう来らい有ゆう望ぼうだ。

  He is still an unranked wrestler, but he has a promising future.