sekiwake

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noun

A sumo wrestler ranked below ozeki and above komusubi.

OriginJapanese 関脇 →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounsekiwake (plural sekiwake or sekiwakes)

plural sekiwakes

  1. governmentA sumo wrestler ranked below ozeki and above komusubi.

    Sekiwake Tochinoshin (3-2) picked up a much-needed win against komusubi Chiyotairyu (1-4) after suffering his second loss the previous day.

    2018 March 15, “Kakuryu makes most of second opportunity against Takarafuji”, in Japan Times, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2018
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    The highest rank attainable is yokozuna, or grand champion. […] After him in standing come the ozekis, or champions; the sekiwakes, or junior champions; […]

    1965, Myra Waldo, “Japan”, in Travel Guide to the Orient and the Pacific, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 157

    Are there special standards for promotion to sekiwake or komusubi? No. The same standards apply as for promotion within the maegashira ranks.

    2018, “Standards for Sumo ranking chart”, in Ozumo.com, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2018

Origin

  1. Japanese関脇
  2. Englishsekiwake

Borrowed from Japanese 関脇 (sekiwake).

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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