shimpan bucho

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 審判部長 (shinpan buchō しんぱんぶちょう), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 審判 (ʃim-pʰàn "to judge", "to try") (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin shěnpàn 审判) + 部長 (búw-ʈjáng "department leader") (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin bùzhǎng 部长).

Noun

shimpan bucho (plural shimpan bucho)

  1. (sumo) The chief judge at a sumo bout.

Derived terms