[sumo] All-Japan 1-day elimination tournament

[stuart smith]

Barbara wrote:
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> Jezz wrote:
>> Just wait until you learn the origin of 'Juryo' - it is a good one ;-)
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>> Jejima
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> Don't tease us, tell us.
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> Barbara Murasakihana
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Juu = ten
ryou = an old unit of currency

*From Wikipedia:
Juryo* (十両) is the second highest division in professional sumo 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo> wrestling in Japan 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan>. The name derives for ten ryo 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryo_%28currency%29>, which was in olden 
times the income a wrestler ranked in this division could expect to receive.

Stuart