toku-dawara

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toku-dawara

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Borrowed from Japanese 徳俵 (tokudawara, “special rice bale”).

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plural, 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).

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@misc{toku_dawara_2026,
  title = {toku-dawara},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toku-dawara},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}