move upward 意味

• 上方｛じょうほう｝に動く
  

例文

1. this applies especially to the case of grand sumo tournament where there is a custom that " there should not be more than five ozeki (sumo wrestler of the second highest rank )" ; if new yokozuna (sumo grand champion ) and new ozeki come into being simultaneously when there are already five ozeki , this situation is sometimes called " tokoroten-shiki promotion " implicating ironically that " the new yokozuna has become yokozuna by being pushed out of ozeki ' s position (in spite of insufficient scores ) because someone had to move upward in order to avoid having six ozeki ."
   特に大相撲では、「大関は最大で五人」という慣例があることから、大関が五人いる状態で新横綱・新大関が同時に誕生すると「誰か昇進させないと六大関になってしまうから、（成績は満点とはいえないが）押し出されて横綱になった」という揶揄の意味で「ところてん式に昇進」といわれることがある。