tsuyuharai 露払い
The dew-sweeper, who walks in ahead of the yokozuna.
The tsuyuharai, or dew-sweeper, walks ahead of the yokozuna as he enters the ring for his ceremony. He's a top-division wrestler. The other attendant, the tachimochi, carries a sword.
We haven't yet checked this kanji against the Japan Sumo Association's own pages.
Related words
- tachimochi 太刀持ち
- The sword-bearer in a yokozuna's ring-entering ceremony.
- dohyō-iri 土俵入り
- The ring-entering ceremony before the top-division bouts.
- yokozuna 横綱
- Grand champion, the top rank. A yokozuna can't be demoted.