袴はかま着ぎ

noun

hakama-fitting ceremony

A traditional Japanese ceremony in which a child (usually a boy) wears a hakama for the first time, often at the age of five or seven. Now largely historical or practiced in certain traditional settings.

See also: 袴

• 七しち五ご三さんのときに袴はかま着ぎの儀ぎ式しきを行おこなう家か庭ていもある。

  Some families perform the hakama-fitting ceremony during the Shichi-Go-San festival.