Word Meaning 土俵

どひょう dohyou

土俵 is read as どひょう (dohyou) and means (wrestling) ring.

Meaning

English

  1. (wrestling) ring
  2. forum (e.g. for discussion)
  3. sandbag
  4. gabion

Reading

Kana

どひょう

Romaji

dohyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 12942 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

土俵際

どひょうぎわ

edge of the ring

土俵入り

どひょういり

entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring

土俵人生

どひょうじんせい

wrestler's active career

土俵開き

どひょうびらき

opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable

土俵祭り

どひょうまつり

ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament

初土俵

はつどひょう

first tournament for a wrestler

土俵廻し

どひょうまわし

wrestler's belt used in a bout

土俵溜まり

どひょうだまり

waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring

還暦土俵入り

かんれきどひょういり

former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony

土器

どき

earthenware

土塀

どべい

mud wall

土壇場

どたんば

platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

Example Sentences

2

どひょうのうえにりきしがたっている。

A sumo wrestler is standing on the sumo ring.

かれはどひょうぎわでぎゃくてんした。

He turned the tables at the edge of the sumo ring.