たてぎょうじ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たてぎょうじ – see the following entry.

【立行司】 [noun] (sumo) one of the two head gyoji (sumo referees) overseeing the highest-ranked sumo wrestlers: 木村庄之助 (Kimura Shōnosuke) and 式守伊之助 (Shikimori Inosuke) Alternative spelling 立て行司

(This term, たてぎょうじ (tategyōji), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)