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honbasho

honbasho noun: any of the six official sumo tournaments.

Noun

honbasho (plural honbasho)

  1. Any of the six official sumo tournaments.
    • 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.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...

Forms of honbasho

pluralhonbasho

Origin of honbasho

From Japanese 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho).

Questions about honbasho

What does honbasho mean?
Honbasho means any of the six official sumo tournaments.
What part of speech is honbasho?
Honbasho is a noun.
What is the plural of honbasho?
The plural of honbasho is honbasho.

Words near honbasho in the dictionary

  1. Honam
  2. Honan
  3. Honanie
  4. Honans
  5. Honavar
  6. honbasho
  7. honbeast
  8. honble
  9. Honchar
  10. honcho
  11. honchoed

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