番付

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

Etymology

Compound of 番 (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

番付 (hiragana ばんづけ, rōmaji 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. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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