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Re: [From rec.sport.sumo] Re: Question regarding "prize"


>In strict term, yokozuna is not included in "sanyaku" even now.
>When you want to call all rikishi in komusubi and above, you 
>should call "yaku-rikishi" instead of sanyaku, if you want to
>treat them strictly. 

_Yaku-rikishi_ is a useful term to have.  It gets tiresome having to say
_rikishi in the sanyaku and yokozuna ranks_ or something of the sort all the
time.  Compilers of sumo glossaries and dictionaries please take notice!  

Thanks Masumi.

George