basho 場所
A tournament. The six official ones each year are honbasho.
A basho is a sumo tournament. The six official ones each year are called honbasho, and each runs for 15 days. They're named by month, and also by common names such as Hatsu for January and Kyūshū for November.
Related words
- honbasho 本場所
- One of the six official tournaments each year.
- banzuke 番付
- The official ranking list, published before each tournament.
- shonichi 初日
- Day 1 of a tournament, which falls on a Sunday.
- senshūraku 千秋楽
- The final day of a tournament, day 15.