大だい横よこ綱づな

noun

truly great grand champion

Sumo term for a yokozuna who is considered exceptionally great, typically having won at least 10 top-division (makuuchi) tournaments. The prefix 大 (dai) emphasizes greatness beyond the already high rank.

• 白はく鵬ほうは大だい横よこ綱づなと呼よばれるにふさわしい成せい績せきを残のこした。

  Hakuho left a record worthy of being called a truly great grand champion.

• 大だい横よこ綱づなの条じょう件けんとして、優ゆう勝しょう10回かい以い上じょうがよく挙あげられる。

  As a condition for being a truly great grand champion, winning 10 or more tournaments is often cited.