"deshi" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: deshis [plural], deshi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 弟子 (deshi, “disciple, pupil”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|弟子|t=disciple, pupil|tr=deshi}} Japanese 弟子 (deshi, “disciple, pupil”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|deshi}} deshi (plural deshis or deshi)
  1. (sumo) a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho Categories (topical): Sumo
    Sense id: en-deshi-en-noun--q~AWKMY Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, sumo, war, wrestling
  2. disciple, mentee, follower Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-deshi-en-noun-59qXABGg Disambiguation of People: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ani-deshi, uchi-deshi

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} deshi
  1. Rōmaji transcription of でし Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: でし

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for deshi meaning in All languages combined (3.4kB)

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