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tawara

tawara noun: 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.

Noun

tawara (plural tawara)

  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.

Forms of tawara

pluraltawara

Origin of tawara

Borrowed from Japanese 俵 (tawara).

Questions about tawara

What does tawara mean?
Tawara means 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.
What part of speech is tawara?
Tawara is a noun.
What is the plural of tawara?
The plural of tawara is tawara.

Words near tawara in the dictionary

  1. tawaifs
  2. Tawallammat Tamajaq
  3. Tawang
  4. Tawantawan
  5. tawapou
  6. tawara
  7. tawari
  8. tawaris
  9. tawaroa
  10. tawas
  11. Tawas City

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