しちごさん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しちごさん – see the following entry.
【七五三】
[proper noun] The Japanese festival for children; a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three- and seven-year-old girls and three- and five-year-old boys, held annually on November 15. As Shichigosan is not a national holiday, it is generally observed on the nearest weekend. Similar to こどもの日 (Kodomo no Hi, literally “Children's Day”)
(This term, しちごさん (shichigosan), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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