higashi
/hiɡˈɑʃi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The (more prestigious) right-hand side of the banzuke.
noun
A rikishi listed on the right side of the banzuke.
Example Sentences
- "kigata. Wooden forms used for making higashi"
- "There are hundreds of distinct variations within the main types of wagashi: namagashi, monaka, yokan, manju, and higashi. […] higashi are dried sweets made from rice flour, sugar, and starch pressed into molds that give them a textured and decorative surface."
- "Most of the Japanese sweets that we had regularly eaten back on Earth, like dango and manju, were classified as namagashi. Rakugan and senbei rice crackers were classified as higashi, but I’d hardly ever had opportunities to eat rakugan, and senbei were kind of different from what I had in mind when I thought of namagashi."
Etymology
From Japanese 東 (higashi, “east”), from the way the eastern or right side of the sumo ranking list is considered more prestigious, by analogy with the rising sun as opposed to the setting sun.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: 東, 干菓子//乾菓子