むしめがね

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of むしめがね – see the following entry.

【虫眼鏡】 [noun] a magnifying glass [noun] a microscope [noun] (slang, sumo) the lowest rank in major-league sumo, so called because the 力士 (rikishi, “sumo wrestler”) names are displayed at the bottom of the 番付 (banzuke, “sumo rankings list or program”) in a small font, requiring the use of a magnifying glass to read easily

(This term, むしめがね, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)