The elders of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA), the retired wrestlers who govern the sport, see themselves less as administrators than as guardians of a holy tradition. They promote wrestlers to the highest ranks not just on brute merit, but according to how much hinkaku (dignity) they are judged to possess.
而日本柔道协会的那些长老们——也就是掌管着这项运动的退休相扑手——将自己视为一项神圣传统的守护者而不是管理者。他们提升相扑手等级的标准并不单纯按照此人的战绩，还得看相扑手在比赛中究竟展现了多少“尊严”。