Word Meaning 初場所

はつばしょ hatsubasho

初場所 is read as はつばしょ (hatsubasho) and means New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January).

Meaning

English

  1. New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)

Reading

Kana

はつばしょ

Romaji

hatsubasho

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 11749 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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初出場

はつしゅつじょう

debut

初登場

はつとうじょう

debut

場所

ばしょ

basho

春場所

はるばしょ

Spring Tournament (held in Osaka in March)

夏場所

なつばしょ

Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)

居場所

いばしょ

place where one belongs

本場所

ほんばしょ

official sumo tournament (six per year)

岡場所

おかばしょ

red-light district

保管場所

ほかんばしょ

depository

九州場所

きゅうしゅうばしょ

Kyushu Tournament (held in Fukuoka in November)

市場調査研究所

しじょうちょうさけんきゅうじょ

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