立行司

立行司

Japanese

Kanji in this term
立	行	司
た(て) Grade: 1	ぎょう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 4

Alternative forms

• 立て行司

Etymology

Compound of 立 (た)て (tate-, “first”) + 行 (ぎょう)司 (じ) (gyōji, “sumo referee”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たてぎょ​ーじ [tàtégyóꜜòjì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠te̞ɡʲo̞ːʑi]

Noun

立行司 (hiragana たてぎょうじ, rōmaji tate-gyōji, historical hiragana たてぎやうじ)

1. (sumo) one of the two head gyoji (sumo referees) overseeing the highest-ranked sumo wrestlers:
   1. 木村庄之助 (Kimura Shōnosuke)
   2. 式守伊之助 (Shikimori Inosuke)

Descendants

• English: tategyoji

See also

• 短 (たん)刀 (とう) (tantō)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN