Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorythe left-hand (less prestigious) side of the banzuke (番付, “ranking list”) · a rikishi (力士, “sumo wrestler”) listed on the left side of the banzuke · the western side of the ring
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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- Borrowed-form mention西ja
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