土俵入り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土 俵 入
ど
Grade: 1 		ひょう
Grade: 6 		い
Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of 土俵(どひょう) (dohyō, “sumo ring”) + 入(い)り (iri), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 入(い)る (iru, “come in”).

Noun

土(ど)俵(ひょう)入(い)り • (dohyōiri) 

  1. (sumo) dohyo-iri, a ring-entering ceremony performed by rikishi in the higher divisions
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