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- noun sumo any of the six
official sumo tournaments
Etymologies
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From Japanese 本場所
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Three times a year, sumo tournaments, or honbasho (pronounced HON-ba-sho), take place at the venerable Kokugikan sumo hall in Ryogoku, a district in eastern Tokyo.
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