Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

honbasho

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hon-basho
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the six official sumo tournaments.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Japanese 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Frequently Paired Words

basho

Questions

What does honbasho mean?: Any of the six official sumo tournaments.
Where does honbasho come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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