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Honbasho is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Honbasho in a sentence

Honbasho meaning

Any of the six official sumo tournaments.

Using Honbasho

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of the six official sumo tournaments.

Context around Honbasho

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

annual 1×

Often after:

tournaments 1×

Sentence patterns with Honbasho

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

six annual honbasho tournaments are 1× tournaments or honbasho 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

rank is determined 1× sumo 101 a 1×

Common sentence endings:

sumo world turns 1× tournaments or honbasho 1×

Words around Honbasho

Just before it in the word index:

honasan 3 honarkar 5 honan 8 honaker 5 hon 932 homura 3

Just after it in the word index:

honbucho 2 honcharuk 2 honcho 44 honchos 10 hond 4 honda 731

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Honbasho

  • In this selection, "honbasho" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, annual and tournaments stand out and add context to how "honbasho" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include six annual honbasho tournaments are and tournaments or honbasho. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "honbasho" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with honbasho

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Rank is determined only by performance in grand sumo tournaments (or honbasho ). (12 words)

Sumo 101: A wrestler's typical tournament dayThe six annual honbasho (tournaments) are the fulcrum around which the sumo world turns. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Sumo 101: A wrestler's typical tournament dayThe six annual honbasho (tournaments) are the fulcrum around which the sumo world turns. (21 words)

Rank is determined only by performance in grand sumo tournaments (or honbasho ). (12 words)

Example sentences (2)

Sumo 101: A wrestler's typical tournament dayThe six annual honbasho (tournaments) are the fulcrum around which the sumo world turns.

Rank is determined only by performance in grand sumo tournaments (or honbasho ).

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "honbasho" in a sentence?
An example: "Sumo 101: A wrestler's typical tournament dayThe six annual honbasho (tournaments) are the fulcrum around which the sumo world turns." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "honbasho" from authentic English texts.
What does "honbasho" mean?
Honbasho means: Any of the six official sumo tournaments.
How many example sentences with "honbasho" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "honbasho", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.