ozeki

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noun

A sumo wrestler ranking below yokozuna and above sekiwake; champion.

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Meanings

nounozeki (plural ozekis or ozeki)

plural ozekis · alternative ōzeki

  1. governmentA sumo wrestler ranking below yokozuna and above sekiwake; champion.

    Former ozeki Hokutenyu, who held sumo’s second-highest rank for 44 tournaments […] died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Friday at the age of 45.

    2006 June 25, “Former ozeki Hokutenyu dies at 45”, in Japan Times
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    Terunofuji is the first in 64 years to be promoted to ozeki after spending two tournaments as a komusubi or sekiwake and the first since the season went to six meets in 1958.

    2015 May 27, “Terunofuji promoted to ozeki after victory”, in Japan Times, archived from the original on 09 May 2018

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 大関(おおぜき) (ōzeki).

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APA

ozeki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ozeki

MLA

“ozeki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ozeki. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ozeki,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ozeki.

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