Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teuchi-shiki

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: teuchi-shi-ki
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A welcoming ceremony to new rikishi.

Etymology

From Japanese 手打ち式 (teuchi-shiki, literally “clapping ceremony”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 手打ち式

Questions

What does teuchi-shiki mean?: A welcoming ceremony to new rikishi.
Where does teuchi-shiki come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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