俵
Meanings
straw bag; sack; bale
A traditional straw bag used for storing or transporting rice, potatoes, charcoal, and other goods. Often seen in historical or agricultural contexts.
At the farm, they used to pack the harvested rice into straw bags for storage.
In the past, coal was transported in straw sacks.
counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
Only with reading ひょう
Counter used with the reading ひょう (sometimes びょう or ぴょう) for counting traditional straw bags or bales. Rare in modern everyday use.
One bale of rice is about sixty kilograms.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉を俵に入れるto put something into a straw bag
They put the harvested rice into straw bags and carried it away.
- 〈数〉俵counter for counting bags or bales (of rice, coal, etc.)
This farm harvests a hundred bags of rice every year.
- 俵を担ぐto hoist a straw bale onto one's shoulder
The sumo wrestler effortlessly hoisted the rice bale onto his shoulder.
- 俵を編むto weave a straw bag
Farming families spent the winter weaving straw bags.