土俵入(どひょうい)り

どひょういり
noun
ring-entering ceremony (sumo)
culture
1. 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(よこづな)の土俵入(どひょうい)りを見(み)た。
I watched the yokozuna's ring-entering ceremony.
土俵入(どひょうい)りは相撲(すもう)の伝統的(でんとうてき)な儀式(ぎしき)だ。
The ring-entering ceremony is a traditional sumo ritual.
観客(かんきゃく)は力士(りきし)たちの堂々(どうどう)とした土俵入(どひょうい)りに見入(みい)っていた。
The spectators were transfixed by the wrestlers' dignified ring-entering ceremony.

Compound of 土俵(どひょう) (sumo ring) + 入(い)り (entering). A sumo term for the ceremonial procession onto the ring.

Cultural note

There are two main types: the group 土俵入(どひょうい)り of the top divisions, where wrestlers line up in ornate aprons (化粧(けしょう)まわし), and the solo 横綱(よこづな)土俵入(どひょうい)り, where the grand champion performs a stylized routine with two attendants.

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