deshi
nounEtymology Borrowed from Japanese 弟子 (deshi, “disciple, pupil”).
1
Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, Sumo, War, Wrestling a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho
2
disciple, mentee, follower
- At eight years of age Kichitaro[u] was placed as disciple (_deshi_) at the Jo[u]shinji of Fukagawa.1917, James S. Benneville, The Yotsuya Kwaidan, Reprint edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2006:
- After him came several deshi, or followers he had mentored.2008 September 8, Richard Halloran, “Japan’s rapid succession of prime ministers belies its global role”, in Taipei Times, Taipai, page 9:
- Derived terms
- ani-deshi, uchi-deshi