Meanings
nounbasho (plural basho or bashos)
plural bashos
- governmentA 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”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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