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Where does “honbasho” come from?

honbasho (English) comes from Japanese 本場所 — official sumo tournament.

honbasho (English): Any of the six official sumo tournaments

Definitions

  1. Any of the six official sumo tournaments

Ancestry of “honbasho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese本場所official sumo tournament
Every word from Japanese 本場所 →