Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kinboshi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kin-boshi
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 金星 (kinboshi, “gold star”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 金星

Questions

What does kinboshi mean?: An honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
Where does kinboshi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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