玄げん猪ちょ

noun

day of the boar in the tenth month

Refers to the day of the boar (亥の日) in the tenth month of the lunar calendar, associated with traditional events. Cross-referenced with 亥の子.

See also: 亥の子

• 旧きゅう暦れき十じゅう月がつの亥いの日ひを「玄げん猪ちょ」と呼よぶことがある。

  The day of the boar in the tenth month of the old calendar is sometimes called 玄猪.

noun

mochi eaten on the day of the boar

Specifically, mochi consumed on the day of the boar, especially at the hour of the boar (around 10 p.m.). A highly specialized historical/cultural term.

• 亥いの子この日ひに食たべる餅もちを「玄げん猪ちょ」とも言いうらしい。