弓ゆみ取とり

noun

archer; warrior; samurai

Archaic term for a warrior, especially one skilled with a bow. Sense 2 (skilled bowman) is a narrower subset of the same historical usage.

• 昔むかし話ばなしでは、弓ゆみ取とりが怪かい物ぶつを退たい治じした。

  In the old tale, an archer vanquished the monster.

noun

bow-twirling ceremony; wrestler who performs the bow-twirling ceremony

Sumo term. Refers to the bow-twirling ritual performed at the end of a tournament day, or the wrestler who performs it. Often used in the phrase 弓取り式.

See also: 弓取り式

• 弓ゆみ取とり式しきは大おお相撲ずもうの一いち日にちの最さい後ごに行おこなわれる。

  The bow-twirling ceremony is performed at the end of each day of the Grand Sumo Tournament.

• 彼かれは弓ゆみ取とりを務つとめる力りき士しだ。

  He is the wrestler who performs the bow-twirling ceremony.