綱つな取とり

noun

yokozuna promotion bid; ozeki's attempt to reach yokozuna

Sumo term for an ozeki wrestler's bid for promotion to yokozuna, typically by winning a tournament or achieving equivalent results.

See also: 横綱 (よこづな) · 大関 (おおぜき)

• 今こん場ば所しょは大おお関ぜきの綱つな取とりがかかっている。

  This tournament, the ozeki's promotion to yokozuna is on the line.

• 彼かれは綱つな取とりに成せい功こうし、第だい73代だい横よこ綱づなになった。

  He succeeded in his yokozuna promotion bid and became the 73rd yokozuna.