節せっ句く

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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Refers to traditional Japanese festivals marking seasonal turning points, such as 五節句 (the five seasonal festivals).

We display carp streamers for the Boys' Festival.

桃ももの節せっ句くは女おんなの子この成せい長ちょうを祝いわう日ひです。

The Dolls' Festival is a day to celebrate the growth of girls.

節せっ句くを祝いわうto celebrate a seasonal festival
家か族ぞくみんなで桃ももの節せっ句くを祝いわった。
The whole family celebrated the Girls' Festival together.
節せっ句くに〈物もの〉を食たべるto eat a special food for a seasonal festival
端たん午ごの節せっ句くにちまきを食たべる習しゅう慣かんがある。
There's a custom of eating chimaki on the Boys' Festival.

祭まつりN4
祭り is the general word for a festival, local or religious, while 節句 refers specifically to one of the traditional seasonal festivals with a fixed calendar date.

節せつ分ぶん
節句 refers to any of the seasonal festivals (like Girls' Day or Boys' Day), while 節分 is specifically the day marking the change of season, especially the one before spring, associated with bean-throwing.

節せっ句く働ばたらき
working on a day off to make up for lost time or to make an impression

Composed of 節 (seasonal division) and 句 (period), referring to the traditional division of the year into seasonal festivals.