としより
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. old person; elderly person; senior citizen
Noun
Sumo
2. trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
3. senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
4. important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Kanji used
year
get near
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo
special coaching stock awarded to retired grand champion
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)