番付

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番付 (banzuke): a ranked list of rikishi (sumo wrestlers).
Kanji in this term
ばん
Grade: 2
つ(け) > づ(け)
Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of (ban, order, turn, place, rank) +‎ 付け (tsuke, attaching, sticking, applying, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 付ける tsukeru, “to stick something to something else, to apply something, to attach something”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

(ばん)(づけ) (banzuke

  1. a ranking or ranked list of 力士 (rikishi, sumo wrestlers)
  2. a program or playbill, listing the details of a performance, such as titles and a list of performers
  3. a ranked list of other things, such as 温泉 (onsen, hot springs) or restaurants, in the style of a sumo banzuke

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN