straw bag, sack, bale...

(wrestling) ring, forum (e.g. for discussion), sandbag...

edge of the ring, verge, brink...

entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring

number of straw bags

goods in straw bags

making bags out of this year's straw (during autumn)

snow roller (wind-blown roll of snow)

sack for charcoal

bag of rice

straw lid covering either end of a rice container

bales forming the edge of the ring

4 bales on the edge of the ring set slightly back

bales forming the outer rim of the ring

Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

snow roller (wind-blown roll of snow)

Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)

4 corner bales on the outer rim of the sumo ring

bales forming the steps to climb onto the ring

first tournament for a wrestler

bales forming the edge of the ring

opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable

ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament

wrestler's belt used in a bout

wrestler's active career

waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring

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

one (straw) bagful

kome hyappyō, (ideal of) enduring pain today for the sake of a better tomorrow, hundred sacks of rice