寄より合あい

noun

meeting; gathering

General term for a meeting or get-together, often informal or community-oriented.

• 町ちょう内ない会かいの寄より合あいで、夏なつ祭まつりの計けい画かくを話はなし合あった。

  At the neighborhood association meeting, we discussed plans for the summer festival.

noun

village assembly

Historical or rural context; a formal gathering of villagers to decide community matters.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの村むらでは、寄より合あいで年ねん貢ぐの割わり当あてを決きめていた。

  In Edo-period villages, the village assembly decided the allocation of the annual tribute.

noun

sumo wrestlers approaching each other

Sumo term for the moment when two wrestlers step forward and engage at the start of a bout.

• 両りょう力りき士しは寄より合あいから激はげしい攻こう防ぼうを繰くり広ひろげた。

  The two wrestlers engaged in fierce offense and defense from the initial clash.