also: おくいぞめ
first meal ceremony; 100-day celebration
A traditional Japanese ceremony held when a baby is about 100 days old, where the baby is symbolically fed solid food for the first time to wish for a life free from hunger. Often called お食い初め.
See also: お食い初め
We held the first meal ceremony on the baby's 100th day after birth.
At the weaning ceremony, we pretend to feed the baby with small chopsticks.
first meal ceremony; 100-day celebration
Standard kanji spelling for this ceremony.
Variant spelling without the okurigana い.
Honorific form commonly used in practice.
From 食い (eating) + 初め (first time). The honorific prefix お is often added.