Meaning of juryo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The second highest division in sumo wrestling, below makuuchi and above makushita; rikishi at this point receive a salary.
2. An athlete in this division.

Examples

“Jesse won promotion into what is called the juryo division of sumo and to the title of “sekitori” on the basis of his showing at the New Year’s Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, where he compiled a respectable 5-2 showing, including wins over two former juryos.”

“The monthly pay for a yokozuna in the mid-1970s was only ¥373,000, while an ozeki received ¥294,700; a sekiwake or komusubi, ¥200,300; a maegashira, ¥137, 600; and a juryo, ¥114,500.”

“Yokozuna fight each other at the end of the tournament. Lower-division wrestlers fight a total of seven matches per tournament; juryo and makuuchi fight fifteen.”

“After lunch, as we walked back, I asked Ōzora if he would make it to jūryō.”

“Although the jūryō are basically entitled to the same privileges as other sekitori, the real glamour and fame tend to come in the top makuuchi division.”

“I glanced through the rest of the table and found Aikio in jūryō, the second-highest division, and Givun in makushita, the third-highest division.”

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