Noun

(sumo) a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho

disciple, mentee, follower

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, year=1917 , year_published=2006 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=James S. Benneville , title=The Yotsuya Kwaidan , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=At eight years of age Kichitaro[u] was placed as disciple (_deshi _) at the Jo[u]shinji of Fukagawa. }}

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, date=2008-09-08 , first= , last= , author=Richard Halloran , authorlink= , coauthors= , title=Japan’s rapid succession of prime ministers belies its global role , newspaper=Taipei Times , city=Taipai , publisher= , quotee= citation , page=9 , passage=After him came several deshi , or followers he had mentored. }}