雛祭り
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 雛 | 祭 |
| ひな Jinmeiyō |
まつ Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology edit
Compound of 雛 (hina, “doll”) + 祭り (matsuri, “festival”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
雛祭り • (Hina Matsuri)
- The Japanese festival of Hina matsuri, held on 3 March.
- Also known as "Girls' Day" or the "Doll Festival", wherein most families with girls pray for their young girls' growth and future happiness. Celebrated with displays of dolls representing the imperial court, before which are placed offerings such as diamond-shaped mochi (doughy rice cakes), white sake, and peach blossoms. Also called 桃の節句 (Momo no Sekku, “the Peach Festival”) as Hina matsuri occurs during the peach blossom season on the old lunar calendar.
See also edit
- 菱餅 (hishimochi): diamond-shaped mochi
- 雛霰 (hinārare): sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival
- 白酒 (shirozake): white sake
- 雛 (hina): a type of doll
- 人形 (ningyō): a doll in general
Further reading edit
日本の祭り (List of festivals in Japan) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja- List of festivals in Japan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN