Etymology

tategyoji

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Today it means: Either of the two highest-ranked gyoji who referee matches involving a yokozuna. Full definition →

Japanese 立行司
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from立行司
  2. English todaytategyoji

Borrowed from Japanese 立行司 (tate-gyōji).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.