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Where does “dohyo-iri” come from?

dohyo-iri (English) comes from Japanese 土俵入り, from Japanese 入り, from Japanese 入る, from Old Japanese いる.

dohyo-iri (English): a ring-entering ceremony performed by rikishi, in...

Definitions

  1. a ring-entering ceremony performed by rikishi, in...

Ancestry of “dohyo-iri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese土俵入りdohyo-iri, a ring-entering ceremony performed by...
2Japanese入りentering; entry, going in; entry, entering
3Japanese入るto enter, go into, get into; to arrive; to join a...
4Old Japaneseいる—
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