basho
A sumo tournament of any kind.
Noun
- A sumo tournament of any kind.
- Two basho later, I was at sekiwake, the third-highest rank in sumo. - 1998, Matsumoto Toshimichi, editor, Japan Quarterly, volume 45, Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25:
Origin
From Japanese 場所(ばしょ) (basho), short form of 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho, “honbasho”).