五ご月がつ幟のぼり

noun

Boys' Festival carp streamers

Refers specifically to the paper or cloth carp-shaped streamers (koinobori) flown during the Boys' Festival (Tango no Sekku, now Children's Day) on May 5th. The term is somewhat traditional and may be encountered in historical or seasonal contexts.

• 端たん午ごの節せっ句くには、五ご月がつ幟のぼりを立たてる家いえが多おおい。

  Many households put up Boys' Festival carp streamers for Tango no Sekku.

• 祖そ父ふは古ふるい五ご月がつ幟のぼりを大たい切せつにしまっている。

  My grandfather carefully stores old Boys' Festival carp streamers.