Definitions

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  • noun sumo the garment worn by the gyoji; derived from court dress

Etymologies

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Japanese

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Examples

  • Then, as Episode 6 opened, the wide shows were hot on the trail of some eerie fellows clad all in white who they dubbed “shiro-shozoku.”

    TELEVIEWS 2003

  • The wide shows clocked the “Shiro-shozoku get out of town” countdown all day and by nightfall they were headed east into the territory of the telegenic Nagano Prefecture governor, Yasuo Tanaka.

    TELEVIEWS 2003

  • The story reached a stunning turning point at the end of Episode 6 when the wide shows, always willing to serve as the nation’s devoted deputy sheriffs, got their first helicopter shots of the Shiro-shozoku also known as the Pana Wave Research Center, the strange sect that had masterminded the Tama-chan abduction/rescue plan of fan club B.

    TELEVIEWS 2003

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