Brick carrier reflected: "Hey, the Japanese can compete here" (5)

I believe the answer is:

dohyo

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'japanese can compete here' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'brick carrier reflected hey' is the wordplay.
'brick carrier' becomes 'hod' (I've seen this before).
'reflected' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'hey' becomes 'yo' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'hod' back-to-front is 'doh'.
'doh'+'yo'='DOHYO'

'the' acts as a link.

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