曙貴あけたか

noun

Akebono-Takanohana era

Sumo term for the mid-1990s period when yokozuna Akebono and Takanohana II dominated the sport. Often used in the phrase 曙貴時代.

See also: 曙貴時代

• 曙あけ貴たか時じ代だいは相撲人気すもうにんきのピークだったと言いわれる。

  The Akebono-Takanohana era is said to have been the peak of sumo's popularity.

• 曙あけ貴たか時じ代だいの取とり組くみは今いまでも語かたり草ぐさだ。

  The matches of the Akebono-Takanohana era are still talked about today.