力ちから水みず

noun

water offered to wrestlers just before a bout

Sumo term. The water is given to rikishi to rinse their mouths and purify themselves before the match.

• 力りき士しは土ど俵ひょうに上あがる前まえに力ちから水みずで口くちをすすぐ。

  Sumo wrestlers rinse their mouths with chikara-mizu before stepping onto the ring.