Kanji
俵
N1
10 strokes
Grade 6
freq #1481
bag, bale, sack, counter for bags
On'yomi (音読み)
ヒョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
たわら
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
土俵
どひょう
(wrestling) ring
土俵際
どひょうぎわ
edge of the ring
土俵人生
どひょうじんせい
wrestler's active career
角俵
かどだわら
bales forming the outer rim of the ring
米百俵
こめひゃっぴょう
kome hyappyō; (ideal of) enduring pain today for the sake of a better tomorrow
雪俵
ゆきだわら
snow roller (wind-blown roll of snow)
一俵
いっぴょう
one (straw) bagful
徳俵
とくだわら
4 bales on the edge of the ring set slightly back
内俵
うちだわら
bales forming the edge of the ring
勝負俵
しょうぶだわら
bales forming the edge of the ring
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
俵
たわら
straw bag; sack
土俵入り
どひょういり
entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring
土俵溜まり
どひょうだまり
waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring
土俵開き
どひょうびらき
opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable
土俵祭り
どひょうまつり
ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament
土俵廻し
どひょうまわし
wrestler's belt used in a bout
踏み俵
ふみだわら
bales forming the steps to climb onto the ring
俵茱萸
たわらぐみ
Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
俵責め
たわらぜめ
Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)
俵編
たわらあみ
making bags out of this year's straw (during autumn)