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”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばんづけ [bàńzúké] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ばんづけ​ [bàńzúkéꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [bã̠nd͡zɨᵝke̞]

Noun

番(ばん)付(づけ) • (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