番付

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • a ranking or ranked list of 力士 (sumo wrestlers)
  • a program or playbill, listing the details of a performance, such as titles and a list of performers
  • a ranked list of other things, such as 温泉 (hot springs) or restaurants, in the style of a sumo banzuke

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 番 (watch, couple, rank, turn, brace, pair, place, guard, order) + Japanese 付け (sticking, applying, attaching, attachment, attacher)+ Japanese 連用形 (meeting, house, counselor, store, gathering, building)+ Japanese continuative or stem form of verb m + Japanese 付ける tsukeru, “to stick something to something else, to apply something, to attach something”.

Origin

Japanese

付ける tsukeru, “to stick something to something else, to apply something, to attach something”

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