水みず入いり

noun

water break in sumo; break in a prolonged sumo bout

Sumo term: a short break called by the referee when a bout has gone on too long without a clear winner. Wrestlers return to their starting positions and resume after drinking water. Also used metaphorically for a pause or interruption in a drawn-out situation.

• 長ながい取とり組くみの末すえ、行ぎょう司じが水みず入いりを宣せん言げんした。

  After a long bout, the referee called a water break.

• 会かい議ぎが長なが引びいたので、水みず入いりにして休きゅう憩けいを取とろう。

  The meeting has dragged on, so let's take a break like a sumo water break.