intai-zumo

noun

A one-day exhibition tournament to commemorate the retirement of a salaried rikishi.

OriginJapanese 引退相撲 →
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Meanings

nounintai-zumo (plural intai-zumo)
  1. governmentA one-day exhibition tournament to commemorate the retirement of a salaried rikishi.

Origin

  1. Japanese引退相撲
  2. Englishintai-zumo

From Japanese 引退相撲 (intai-zumō, literally “retirement sumo”).

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