俵

Vocabulary (12)

• 徳俵

  とくだわら

  4 bales on the edge of the ring set slightly back

• 上げ俵

  あげだわら

  4 corner bales on the outer rim of the sumo ring

• 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)

• 俵茱萸

  たわらぐみ

  Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)

• 米俵

  こめだわら

  bag of rice

• 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

• 角俵

  かどだわら

  bales forming the outer rim of the ring

• 踏み俵

  ふみだわら

  bales forming the steps to climb onto the ring

• 土俵祭り

  どひょうまつり

  ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament

• 土俵入り

  どひょういり

  entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring

• 初土俵

  はつどひょう

  first tournament for a wrestler