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九州場所 (kyuushuubasho) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

九きゅう州しゅう場ば所しょ

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Meanings

1

Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

One of the six annual professional sumo tournaments, held in Fukuoka in November.

九きゅう州しゅう場ば所しょは毎まい年とし十じゅう一いち月がつに福

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The Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament is held in Fukuoka every November.

Kanji

九nine
州state, province
場location, place
所place, extent

Don't confuse with

初はつ場ば所しょ
初場所 opens the sumo year in January, whereas 九州場所 closes it in November in Fukuoka, and the two are easily confused as just 'one of the six tournaments.'

Etymology

Compound of 九州 (Kyushu) and 場所 (basho, 'venue' or 'tournament' in sumo context).