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勝負俵 (shoubudawara)

Romaji: shoubudawara

Meaning

  1. bales forming the edge of the ring (sumo)

Kanji and stroke order

victory, win, prevail
on: ショウ
kun: か.つ、-が.ち、まさ.る、すぐ.れる
12 strokes · JLPT 2
defeat, negative, -
on: フ
kun: ま.ける、ま.かす、お.う
9 strokes · JLPT 2
bag, bale, sack
on: ヒョウ
kun: たわら
10 strokes · JLPT 1

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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