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ひな祭り (ひなまつり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N3 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Meanings 1
noun
Hinamatsuri ; Girls' Festival ; Dolls' Festival
Annual festival on March 3rd, celebrating girls' health and happiness. Families display ornamental dolls (hina dolls) and enjoy special foods like chirashizushi and hina-arare.
3
月がつ
3
日か
は
ひな
祭まつ
り
です
。
March 3rd is Hinamatsuri.
Written forms ひな 祭まつ り Usage 51%
Most common spelling; uses hiragana for ひな and kanji for 祭り.
雛ひな 祭まつ り Usage 21%
Kanji spelling using 雛; less common but still seen, especially in formal or traditional contexts.
ひなまつり Usage 15%
雛ひな 祭まつり Usage 13%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; the okurigana り is normally included.
Kanji 祭 ritual, offer prayers, celebrate Etymology From ひな (hina, 'small doll') + 祭り (matsuri, 'festival'). The festival originated in the Heian period as a purification ritual, later evolving into a celebration for girls.
