honbasho

English

Etymology

From Japanese 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho).

Noun

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Wikipedia

honbasho (plural honbasho)

1. (sumo) Any of the six official sumo tournaments.
   • 2016 January 27, Victor Mather, “Japanese End Drought in Sumo Wrestling, Their National Sport”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 January 2016:

     Although there are six two-week top-tier tournaments, or honbasho, every year, Kotoshogiku’s victory was the first for a Japanese wrestler in 10 years.

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