横よこ綱づな大おお関ぜき

noun

grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at two

Sumo term. When there is only one yokozuna, the highest-ranked ozeki is temporarily treated as a yokozuna for ranking purposes to maintain the traditional two-yokozuna format on the banzuke.

• 横よこ綱づなが一人ひとりだけの場ば所しょでは、横よこ綱づな大おお関ぜきが設もうけられることがある。

  In a tournament with only one yokozuna, a yokozuna-ozeki may be established.