noun
heya
noun
1
In sumo wrestling, a training stable where rikishi (wrestlers) live, train, and eat together under a stablemaster.
"The young wrestler joined a heya in Tokyo at age fifteen."
"Each heya has its own strict daily schedule of training and chores."
How to Use Heya
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe sumo equivalent of a boxing gym crossed with a boarding house — wrestlers live and train there together.
Word Forms
heya plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese heya, literally "room," referring to the communal living quarters of a sumo training school.