Where does “kinboshi” come from?
kinboshi (English) comes from Japanese 金星, from Japanese 金, from Middle Chinese 金.
kinboshi (English): An honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank...
Definitions
- An honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank...
Ancestry of “kinboshi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 金星 | a win by a "rikishi" of the lower "maegashira"... |
| 2 | Japanese | 金 | metal; money; firmness, strength |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 金 | — |