返かえり三さん役やく

noun

return to san'yaku rank

Sumo term for a wrestler who was previously ranked in the san'yaku (the three ranks below yokozuna: ōzeki, sekiwake, komusubi) and has regained that rank after falling below it.

• 彼かれは大おお関ぜきから平ひら幕まくに落おちたが、今こん場ば所しょは返かえり三さん役やくを果はたした。

  He fell from ōzeki to maegashira, but this tournament he achieved a return to the san'yaku ranks.

• 返かえり三さん役やくの力りき士しは、かつての地ち位いを取とり戻もどすために懸けん命めいに稽けい古こしている。

  A wrestler returning to san'yaku trains desperately to regain his former status.