Torinaoshi

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'Torinaoshi' (取り直し) is a term used in sumo matches to describe a 'do-over.'

The term tori (取り) means to take and naoshi (直し) is to fix or to cure. Put together, the meaning is to do something again correctly, and is used in sumo in cases when the five judges are unable to reach a decision as to the winner in a bout. The result is that the bout starts over from the beginning with each wrestler starting again from the tachiai.

Due to the lack of instant replay in sumo, the gyoji is forced to make a spot decision as to the winner, which the judges are entitled to challenge. In the case of a challenge, the five judges step onto the dohyo and have a monoii (talk about things) in order to discuss the match and the result.

Their options are either declaring a winner or declaring a torinaoshi. They can decide who fell out of the ring or touched the ground first, state that one person was a shini-tai (dead body) who lost by merit of his opponent's superior sumo regardless of who touched/stepped out of the dohyo first, or declaring one wrestlers disqualified due to an illegal technique.