Meaning of toku-dawara | Babel Free

Definitions

Small enlargements at the cardinal points of the dohyo; originally the entry and exit points.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“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).”

“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.”

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