ōzeki
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of ozeki.
Example Sentences
- "And in less than seven years after opening his stable, Azumazeki produced an ōzeki."
- "Poor Konishiki, the third Hawaiian, could only manage 6-9, but has a chance of returning to the ōzeki fold in the next tournament."
- "The sumō cards were stacked in favor of ōzekis Takanohana, Wakanohana, and Takanonami because they were all in the same stable, the Futagoyama Stable, and wrestlers in the same stable didn’t have to fight each other unless they happened to be tied for the lead at the end of their 15th matches."
- "A wrestler could gain the rank of ōzeki based on his competitive achievements, but the promotion to yokozuna implied the presence of a certain habitus than embodied the quintessential traditional Japaneseness."
- "Being ranked ōzeki meant he was almost a yokozuna."