name
Meaning 1
A Sino-Tibetan language of the Tani branch.
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Standard Lemma guide
nishi
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: N IY1 SH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 3
the left-hand (less prestigious) side of the banzuke (番付, “ranking list”)
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Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, sumo, war, wrestling
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noun
Meaning 4
a rikishi (力士, “sumo wrestler”) listed on the left side of the banzuke
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noun
Meaning 5
the western side of the ring
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Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, sumo, war, wrestling
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History
Etymology
From Japanese 西 (nishi, “west”), from the way the western or left side of the sumo ranking list is considered less prestigious, by analogy with the setting sun as opposed to the rising sun.
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