俵

たわら ひょう

straw bag, bale, sack

桟俵

さんだわら

straw lid covering either end of a rice container

俵物

たわらもの ひょうもつ たわらぶつ

goods in straw bags

土俵

どひょう

arena, esp. in sumo

米俵

こめだわら

bag of rice

俵雪

たわらゆき

snow roller (wind-blown roll of snow)

雪俵

ゆきだわら

snow roller (wind-blown roll of snow)

角俵

かどだわら

bales forming the outer rim of the ring

内俵

うちだわら

bales forming the edge of the ring

俵編

たわらあみ

making bags out of this year's straw (during autumn)

徳俵

とくだわら

4 bales on the edge of the ring set slightly back

炭俵

すみだわら

sack for charcoal

俵数

ひょうすう たわらすう

number of straw bags

土俵際

どひょうぎわ

verge, brink, critical moment, last moment

米百俵

kome hyappyō; (ideal of) enduring pain today for the sake of a better tomorrow; hundred sacks of rice

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)

勝負俵

しょうぶだわら

bales forming the edge of the ring

俵茱萸

たわらぐみ タワラグミ

Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)

初土俵

はつどひょう

first tournament for a wrestler