komusubi

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"[…] Kitani and Go were still only like the komusubi juniors in sumo program rankings. […] In fact, their first ten-game match was described merely as the battle of the komusubis."
"Sekiwake Tochinoshin (3-2) picked up a much-needed win against komusubi Chiyotairyu (1-4) after suffering his second loss the previous day."

Borrowed from Japanese 小結 (komusubi).

komusubis (plural)

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