toku-dawara
toku-dawara noun: small enlargements at the cardinal points of the dohyo; originally the entry and exit points.
Noun
toku-dawara pl (plural only)
- Small enlargements at the cardinal points of the dohyo; originally the entry and exit points.
- In fact, the sumo ring is not exactly round. Instead, the ring is broadened at four points by the width of a small rice bag (see fig. 1). These four rice bags placed at the cardinal points of the ring are called toku-dawara (lucky straw bags).1976, The East, volume 12
- Just outside the circle the cardinal directions are marked by four tokudawara. It is only on these that the contestant can step outside the ring and not be deemed to have lost.2000, Tony Allan, Realm of the Rising Sun: Japanese Myth, page 51
Origin of toku-dawara
Borrowed from Japanese 徳俵 (tokudawara, “special rice bale”).
Questions about toku-dawara
- What does toku-dawara mean?
- Toku-dawara means small enlargements at the cardinal points of the dohyo; originally the entry and exit points.
- What part of speech is toku-dawara?
- Toku-dawara is a noun.
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