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太刀取り

たちとり, たちどりtachitori

noun

  1. person in charge of beheading (concluding a seppuku)
  2. executioner
  3. person in charge of beheading
  4. rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences