ひな祭まつり

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 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.

ひな祭まつりに

は

、

ひな

人にん

形ぎょう

を

飾かざ

り

ます

。

We display hina dolls for Hinamatsuri.

3月がつ3日かはひな祭まつりです。

March 3rd is Hinamatsuri.

Usage patterns

ひな祭まつりを祝いわうto celebrate Hinamatsuri
毎まい年とし、家か族ぞくでひな祭まつりを祝いわいます。
Every year our family celebrates Hinamatsuri.
ひな祭まつりに〈物もの〉を飾かざるto display something (e.g. hina dolls) for Hinamatsuri
ひな祭まつりにひな人にん形ぎょうを飾かざる。
We display hina dolls for Hinamatsuri.
ひな祭まつりに〈物もの〉を食たべるto eat a particular food for Hinamatsuri
ひな祭まつりにちらし寿ず司しを食たべるのが楽たのしみだ。
I look forward to eating chirashizushi for Hinamatsuri.

Kanji

祭ritual, offer prayers, celebrate
雛chick, squab, duckling

Opposites

端たん午ごの節せっ句く
ひな祭り (March 3rd) celebrates girls, while 端午の節句 (May 5th) is the corresponding festival celebrating boys.

Don't confuse with

雛ひな人にん形ぎょうN3
ひな祭り is the name of the festival (March 3rd) itself, while 雛人形 refers to the dolls displayed during that festival.

Written forms

ひな祭まつりUsage51%
Most common spelling; uses hiragana for ひな and kanji for 祭り.
雛ひな祭まつりUsage21%
Kanji spelling using 雛; less common but still seen, especially in formal or traditional contexts.
ひなまつりUsage15%
雛ひな祭まつりUsage13%
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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.

Search-only variant; the okurigana り is normally included.