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ring-entering ceremony (in sumo)
The ceremonial entrance that top-division sumo wrestlers perform before a day's bouts, in which they step up onto the ring in their decorative aprons. The yokozuna (grand champion) performs a special solo version with attendants.
横綱の土俵入りを見た。
I watched the yokozuna's ring-entering ceremony.
土俵入りは相撲の伝統的な儀式だ。
The ring-entering ceremony is a traditional sumo ritual.
観客は力士たちの堂々とした土俵入りに見入っていた。
The spectators were transfixed by the wrestlers' dignified ring-entering ceremony.
Compound of 土俵 (sumo ring) + 入り (entering). A sumo term for the ceremonial procession onto the ring.
CULTURAL CONTEXT:
There are two main types: the group 土俵入り of the top divisions, where wrestlers line up in ornate aprons (化粧まわし), and the solo 横綱土俵入り, where the grand champion performs a stylized routine with two attendants.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 横綱土俵入り: the yokozuna's ring-entering ceremony
- 土俵入りを披露する: perform the ring-entering ceremony