土俵

土俵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	俵
ど Grade: 1	ひょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) どひょー [dòhyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [do̞ço̞ː]

Noun

土俵 (hiragana どひょう, rōmaji dohyō)

1. (sumo) the ring
2. a sandbag
   • 1951, Tōkai-ku Suisan Kenkyūjo kenkyū hōkoku [Bulletin of Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory], volume 2, OCLC 1589898:

     土 (ど)俵 (ひょう)は米 (こめ)の空俵 (からたわら)に砂 (じゃ)利 (り)を詰 (つ)めたもので、ビクはワラ縄 (なわ)で袋 (ふくろ)を編 (あ)みその中 (なか)へ石 (いし)を詰 (つ)めたもの

     Dohyō wa kome no kara tawara ni jari o tsumeta mono de, biku wa wara nawa de fukuro o ami sono naka e ishi o tsumeta mono

     A dohyō is an empty rice bag stuffed with gravel, while a biku is a bag knitted together with straw cord and filled with stones

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN