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    3. 俵

    俵

    俵たわら

    straw bag

    KMT8News #17+1Daily LifeKanji Vocab10 strokes

    たわらひょう

    Noun

    1.
    straw bag, sack, bale

    Counter

    2.
    counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)

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    米こめが俵たわらに詰つめられています。

    The rice is packed in straw bags.

    KMT6Daily LifeFood & Dining
    昔むかしは米こめを俵たわらで取とり引ひきしていました。

    In the past, rice was traded by the bale.

    KMT8Daily LifeHistoryFood & Dining
    農のう家かでは、収しゅう穫かくしたばかりの野や菜さいを俵たわらに入いれて市いち場ばへ運はこびます。

    Farmers put freshly harvested vegetables into straw bags and transport them to the market.

    KMT8Daily LifeFood & Dining
    相すも撲うの土ど俵ひょうは、俵たわらを並ならべて作つくられています。

    The sumo ring (dohyō) is made by arranging straw bales.

    KMT8Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions
    豊ほう作さくを祝いわう祭まつりでは、大おおきな俵たわらが神み輿こしのように担かつがれていました。

    In festivals celebrating a good harvest, large straw bags were carried like portable shrines.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistoryFood & Dining

    Kanji that make up this word

    俵
    たわら…(1)
    bag・bale・sack・counter for bags
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