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