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Definition of dohyo in English: dohyonounPlural dohyosˈdəʊjəʊ The ring within which sumo wrestling takes place. Example sentencesExamples - Although women wrestle as amateurs, they are still not permitted even to touch the dohyo - the clay ring - that the professional men use.
- Granted sumo has a circular dohyo, but I felt that the linear abstraction still worked.
- As anyone who has seen sumo on TV knows, the dohyo is a square with the circular ring inside.
- At the conclusion of a bout, both men climb back onto the dohyo and stand on their side of the ring.
- As the announcer makes the introduction, the rikishi climbs onto the dohyo and walks along its outer perimeter.
Origin Japanese, abbreviation of dohyōba 'wrestling arena'. |