Meanings
nounmakiwara (plural makiwaras)
plural makiwaras
- A padded post used for hitting practice in karate.
There’s a weight lifting and elliptical machine, a recumbent bicycle, a heavy bag, a punching dummy and a makiwara, which is a punching board that focuses your punching and turns your hands into bricks.
2023 May 14, Alix Strauss, “How the Head of a Filmmaking Center Spends His Sundays”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Japanese巻藁
- Japanese巻藁
- Englishmakiwara
Borrowed from Japanese 巻藁.
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APA
makiwara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/makiwara
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“makiwara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/makiwara. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “makiwara,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/makiwara.
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