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plural deshis or deshi
(sumo) a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho examples
disciple, mentee, follower quotations examples
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