手で数ず入いり

noun

champion's ring-entering ceremony

Sumo term for the ceremonial ring entrance performed by a yokozuna or other high-ranking wrestler, often accompanied by a sword-bearer and dew-sweeper.

• 横よこ綱づなの手数でず入いりは、土ど俵ひょう入いりの中なかでも特とくに格かく式しきが高たかい。

  The yokozuna's ring-entering ceremony is especially formal among dohyō-iri.