雛祭り
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 雛 | 祭 |
| ひな Jinmeiyō |
まつ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 雛 (hina, “doll”) + 祭り (matsuri, “festival”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
- 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
- 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
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN