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    3. 十両

    十両

    十じゅう両りょう

    second highest division

    KMT5News #10+1NounSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    じゅうりょう

    Noun

    1.
    second highest division, wrestlers of the second highest division
    sumo

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは十じゅう両りょうの力りき士しです。

    He is a sumo wrestler in the jūryō division.

    KMT4Sports & Martial Arts
    十じゅう両りょうの試し合あいは、大おお相ず撲もうの本ほん場ば所しょで毎まい日にち行おこなわれます。

    Jūryō matches are held daily during the Grand Sumo Tournament.

    KMT5Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions
    若わかい力りき士しが十じゅう両りょうに昇しょう進しんし、将しょう来らいが期き待たいされている。

    A young sumo wrestler was promoted to jūryō and is expected to have a bright future.

    KMT5Sports & Martial ArtsWork & Career
    十じゅう両りょうの土ど俵ひょう入いりは、幕まく内うちとは異ことなる雰ふん囲い気きがある。

    The ring-entering ceremony for jūryō has a different atmosphere than that for makuuchi.

    KMT5Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions
    十じゅう両りょうから幕まく内うちへの昇しょう進しんは、力りき士しにとって大おおきな目もく標ひょうの一ひとつだ。

    Promotion from jūryō to makuuchi is one of the big goals for a sumo wrestler.

    KMT6Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    十
    とお・と・そ…(15)
    ten
    両
    てる・ふたつ…(2)
    both・old Japanese coin・counter for carriages (e.g., in a train)・two
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