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.
横綱の手数入りは、土俵入りの中でも特に格式が高い。
The yokozuna's ring-entering ceremony is especially formal among dohyō-iri.
The term combines 手数 (tede, 'hands' or 'effort') and 入り (iri, 'entering'), but the exact derivation is uncertain; it is a specialized sumo term.