上じょう巳し

noun

Doll's Festival; Girls' Festival; Peach Festival

Refers to the traditional festival on March 3rd, also known as ひな祭り. The term 上巳 originally designated the first 'snake day' of the third lunar month, but now is synonymous with the modern date.

See also: ひな祭り (ひなまつり) · 五節句

• 三さん月がつ三みっ日かは上じょう巳しの節せっ句くで、ひな人にん形ぎょうを飾かざる。

  March 3rd is the Doll's Festival, when we display hina dolls.

• 上じょう巳しの日ひには桃ももの花はなを飾かざる習しゅう慣かんがある。

  There is a custom of decorating with peach blossoms on the day of the Peach Festival.