tawara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the straw bales, packed with earth, placed in a circle on the dohyo and forming the area that the rikishi must stay inside.

Word forms

tawara

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 俵 (tawara).

Related words

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