Danpatsushiki definition

(sumo) The ceremony, part of intai-zumo, during which the topknot of a retiring rikishi is cut off.
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Origin of danpatsushiki

  • From Japanese 断髪式 (danpatsushiki だんぱつしき), from Middle Chinese 斷髮 (twàn-bjot "cut hair") + 式 (ʃik, a gloss for ʃik 軾 "ceremony").

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