deshi

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See also: deshį and déshì

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 弟子 (“disciple, pupil”).

Noun

deshi (plural deshi)

  1. (sumo) a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho
  2. disciple, mentee, follower
    • 1917, James S. Benneville, The Yotsuya Kwaidan‎[1], Reprint edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2006:
      At eight years of age Kichitaro[u] was placed as disciple (_deshi_) at the Jo[u]shinji of Fukagawa.
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