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chikara-mizu

Power water: a ladle of water to rinse the mouth before a bout.

Chikara-mizu, or power water, is the ladle of water a wrestler uses to rinse his mouth before a bout. It stands for purifying the body, and wrestlers in the top two divisions do it. The water is handed over by the winner of the previous bout, or by the next wrestler due up from the same side.

shikiri
The crouch-and-stare routine before a bout.
sekitori
A wrestler in the top two divisions, makuuchi and jūryō, who's paid a salary.

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