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太刀持ち

たちもちtachimochi

noun

  1. sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword)
  2. 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