deshi
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 弟子 (deshi, “disciple, pupil”).
Noun[edit]
deshi (plural deshis or deshi)
- (sumo) a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho
- disciple, mentee, follower
- 1917, James S. Benneville, The Yotsuya Kwaidan[1], Reprint edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2006:
- At eight years of age Kichitaro[u] was placed as disciple (_deshi_) at the Jo[u]shinji of Fukagawa.
- 2008 September 8, Richard Halloran, “Japan’s rapid succession of prime ministers belies its global role”, in Taipei Times[2], Taipai, page 9:
- After him came several deshi, or followers he had mentored.
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