Tournaments and tickets
There are six tournaments a year, each fifteen days long, three of them in Tokyo. This lesson covers the calendar, getting tickets and a day out at the hall, with (to manage to get) from Everyday Japanese 3. Tap to hear any line. The bar at the bottom plays a hands-free drill for walking.
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25 tournament words
Each card shows a word and a sentence you'd say when planning a trip to the sumo or watching it on TV. Five are from Everyday Japanese 1 and Lesson 1.
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The six tournaments and the fifteen days
A tournament is a , or . They start in every odd-numbered month and always run from a Sunday to a Sunday.
| Word | When | Where or what |
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- Odd months. January, March, May, July, September and November. Tokyo has three: January, May and September, at the in .
- A long day. The lower divisions start in the morning. The bouts come on in the late afternoon, so many people arrive after lunch.
- Box seats. are small square boxes on the floor. You take your shoes off and sit on cushions. are ordinary seats upstairs.
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Three patterns to use today
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Say it in Japanese
Say each one out loud before you reveal the answer. Getting close counts.