横褌よこみつ

noun

side of a sumo wrestler's mawashi

Refers to the part of the mawashi (belt) that passes over the hips on either side of a rikishi. Used in sumo terminology.

• 横よこ褌みつを掴つかむのは反はん則そくです。

  Grabbing the side of the mawashi is a foul.

• 彼かれは相あい手ての横よこ褌みつに手てをかけた。

  He got a grip on his opponent's side mawashi.